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IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger announced that Chief of Staff to the International President Diane Babineaux and Assistant Secretary Dora Cervantes will be added to the Executive Council team. If nominated and elected, they will become the first women in IAM history to serve on the IAM Executive Council. “The skills and experience of Sisters
Read moreThe 2013 Calendar features the winners of the 2012 IAM Photo Contest. Calendars are $7 per calendar for individual orders and $5 dollars per calendar for orders of 100 or more. Two dollars from each calendar sold are donated to Guide Dogs of America. Click here to view the 2012 Photo Contest winners. Click here
Read moreThe 2013 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Observance will take place January 17-21 in Philadelphia, PA and will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington. The Observance will also coincide with the inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2013.
Read moreThe estate of Helen Watkins, the wife of former IAM General Vice President George Watkins has made a generous donation of $20,000 to the IAM William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center. George and Helen Watkins were married for 61 years and were both active in civic and charitable organizations. Together, they created a Living
Read moreIn a guest editorial published in the Seattle Times, Aerospace GVP Mark Blondin pulls no punches describing the devastating impact on defense and commercial aerospace work if Congress fails to prevent sequestration cuts from taking effect in January 2013. “Sequestration means a trillion dollars in automatic cuts to defense and other budgets that kick in
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