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  • iMail , News October 17, 2013

    California Machinists Raise Over $45,000 for Guide Dogs

    With fall festivities in full swing, Machinists in California were determined to take part by participating in events for a good cause. On October 5, 2013, at Hagen Park in Rancho Cordova, CA, the 14th Annual Sacramento Classic Auto Show raised in excess of $23,000 for Guide Dogs of America (GDA). With 180 entries, good

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  • iMail , News October 15, 2013

    The Strong Arm of the Law

    Paralegals Ellen Campbell, left, and Carol Sanborn, right, helped negotiate a contract with their employer, a Topsham, ME law firm that specializes in labor law. With more than 5,000 contracts covering workers in dozens of major industries, the IAM is recognized as one of the most diversified labor unions in North America. But a recent

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  • iMail , News October 15, 2013

    Op-Ed: F-35 Critical to Good Jobs and U.S. Defense

    Continued funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is essential to a strong economy and national defense, says an op-ed written by IAM District 725, Huntington Beach, CA, Organizing Director Brian Miller in the Hanford Sentinel. “With Congress soon to debate cuts mandated in the congressional budget sequester, many believe deep cuts to defense

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  • iMail , News October 15, 2013

    District 15 Assistant DBR Mike Walsh Wins Journeyman Award

    IAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux, left, Automotive Director Boysen Anderson, second from right, and International President Tom Buffenbarger, right, present retired IAM District 15 Assistant Directing Business Representative Mike Walsh, second from left, with the first-ever R. Thomas Buffenbarger Journeyman Award. IAM District 15 Assistant Directing Business Representative Mike Walsh, a 47-year IAM member,

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  • iMail , News October 15, 2013

    CBTU Co-Founder Bill Lucy Addresses ‘Desperate’ State of Black Workers

    Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Co-Founder Bill Lucy, left, said that public works programs are a way to lift large amounts of people out of poverty at a panel discussion at Georgetown University on the state of African-American workers. Revered labor leader Bill Lucy, a Co-Founder and former President of the Coalition of Black Trade

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