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  • iMail , News February 19, 2013

    IAM and AWU Sign New Global Alliance

    IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger addresses delegates at the National Conference of the Australian Workers Union. As multinational corporations expand their reach and move work across the globe, unions in Europe, Asia and most recently Australia have joined forces to fight for the rights of all workers. At the National Conference of the Australian Workers

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  • iMail , News February 14, 2013

    Register Now for IAM 2013 Aerospace Conference

    The IAM 2013 Aerospace Conference will be held April 10-14, 2013 at the Westin Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington. The conference, chaired by Aerospace General Vice President Mark Blondin, will focus on key issues affecting IAM members throughout North America, and will also include breakout sessions with group discussions on health care, pensions, organizing and

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  • iMail , News February 14, 2013

    Sequestration Threatens to Torpedo U.S. Shipbuilding

    The IAM joined with fellow affiliates of the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department and Shipbuilders Council of America to send a joint letter to the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services Committees urging Congress to pass a defense appropriations bill and avoid sequestration cuts before the Navy begins widespread layoffs and ship maintenance cancellations on February

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  • iMail , News February 14, 2013

    New York ‘Black Car’ Drivers Win First Contract

    Nearly 200 drivers employed by Town Car International in Long Island City, NY, ratified their first ever IAM contract, bringing their historic journey full circle. The drivers, who provide premium personal transportation services in the New York metropolitan area, are mostly recent immigrants trying to build a good life in the United States. Much of

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  • iMail , News February 14, 2013

    District 141 Reaches Tentative Contracts for 32,500 at United

    Less than a year after resolving all representational disputes at the airline formed by a merger of United, Continental and Continental Micronesia airlines, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced tentative agreements for 32,500 employees in the Ramp/Fleet Service, Public Contact/Reservations and Stock Clerk/Stores classifications at the world’s largest airline. Negotiations for

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