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  • iMail , News July 15, 2014

    IAM, TCU Set Strike Deadline at LIRR

    More than 3,000 Long Island Rail Road Workers, including IAM and TCU members, rallied at New York’s Massapequa Train Station, demanding that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority accept the recommendations of two Presidential Emergency Boards by July 20 in order to avoid a strike. After four years of contract negotiations, the IAM, TCU and six union

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  • iMail , News July 10, 2014

    Machinists Respond to Washington State Water Proposal

    The IAM remains concerned that the fish consumption and water quality standards announced this week by Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee will jeopardize the economic health of the Puget Sound without adding significant improvements to the regions health and environmental quality. “We hoped the governor would address calls from labor, business and community groups to

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  • IAM International News , iMail , News July 10, 2014

    IAM Delta Campaign Lands in London

    ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton meets with Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants to let them know the ITF fully supports their efforts to gain IAM representation. Left to right, Cotton and Delta Flight Attendants, Dawn Peterson, Don McBryde, Masayo Tyner and Marianne Bicksler. Illustrating the global reach of the IAM’s Delta Flight Attendant organizing campaign,

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  • iMail , News July 10, 2014

    Local 701 Auto Mechanics Strike in Illinois

    IAM Local 701 auto mechanics, in negotiations for their first contract at Al Piemonte Chevrolet in East Dundee, IL, are on strike after the company made a subpar offer to their demands for better wages, benefits and working conditions. IAM Local 701 auto mechanics at Al Piemonte Chevrolet in East Dundee, IL have voted to

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  • IAM International News , iMail , News July 10, 2014

    House Dems Expose Bogus U.S. Trade Numbers

    U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) is among a group of House Democrats calling on the office of the U.S. Trade Representative to stop using distorted trade export data. From left, Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Tonko and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH). A group of House Democrats are calling on the office of the U.S.

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