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  • iMail , News July 15, 2014

    Young Machinists Program Lauded at COMTO Summit

    IAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux, center, is joined by, left, Regional Coordinator for TCU/IAM Training Services Department Nicole Burnett and Atlanta TCU/IAM Lead Field Education Representative Felicia Hill at the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials’ 43rd National Meeting and Training Conference in Atlanta. After being previously honored by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials

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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

    New iPhone Hype Marred by Labor Abuse in the Philippines

    Twenty-four union workers at iPhone 6 microchip-supplier NXP in the Philippines have been fired in retaliation for trying to bargain in good faith. You may want to think twice before upgrading to the newest Apple phone, unofficially dubbed the iPhone 6, rumored to be released this fall. Early peeks at the new generation of the

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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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