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  • iMail , News November 6, 2012

    Special Appeal for Storm Relief Donations

    The images of devastation that flooded our national consciousness in the wake of Hurricane Sandy triggered an immediate outpouring of empathy for the families and communities torn apart by the storm. More than 113 people were killed and thousands were left without homes, heat or belongings. “The sight of American families picking through the remnants

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  • iMail , News November 1, 2012

    Boeing Promotes Mexico Outsourcing Conference

    Boeing’s director of Supply Chain Strategy and Supplier Management, Patrick McKenna, is pressuring vendors and suppliers to attend a workshop in Chicago where they would be taught how to do business in Mexico. The workshop is being conducted by American Industries Group (AIG), a private company that promises to teach attendees how to set up

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  • iMail , News November 1, 2012

    UCube’s GOTV Message: Bee Mad and Vote

    Vote as if your life depended on it – because it does, said the Union of Unemployed (UCubed) in a recent message to its more than 4,000 job activists and 130,000 Facebook fans. “Neither apathy, nor anxiety should keep jobless Americans from the polls on November 6th. All you have worked for – and all

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  • iMail , News November 1, 2012

    Judge Upholds Organizing Rights at South Carolina Plant

    The Boeing Company violated the National Labor Relations Act when a manager at the plane maker’s Charleston, SC assembly plant told a Boeing employee he could not discuss union-related matters during working hours. Administrative Law Judge William Nelson Cates ruled that Boeing could not bar employees from talking about union matters during working time if

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  • iMail , News November 1, 2012

    Hurricane Relief Available for IAM Members

    Members helping members in times of need is a strong tradition in the Machinists union, and the recent string of snow, wind and rain storms across the East coast generated by Hurricane Sandy has caused widespread damage. IAM members adversely affected by severe weather like Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac, or other natural disasters, can get

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