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  • iMail , News August 23, 2012

    ‘President’ Romney Would End Amtrak Funding

    Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said in a recent interview that he would eliminate federal funding for Amtrak if he is elected in November. In an interview with CNN’s Fortune Magazine, the presumptive GOP nominee identified the national passenger rail service as a program that would be on the chopping block in a Romney administration.

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  • iMail , News August 23, 2012

    District W24 Organizes 96 at Bradkens Engineered Products

    On August 16, 96 individuals employed at Bradkens Engineered Products in Centralia, Washington voted to join the IAM. “We welcome them into the IAM,” said Bob Wilson, Directing Business Representative of District Lodge W24. “Special thanks go to Will Lukens, Frank Rouse, the Growth Coordinator of District Lodge W24, ADBR Chip Elliot, as well as

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2012

    U.S. Bishops: Unions are Essential to Economic Recovery

    Labor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help lift workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” according to Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2012

    Illinois Retiree Honored with 75-year Veterans Badge

    George Kober, a former Tool and Die Maker and member of IAM Local 1000 in Bloomington, IL, was recently presented with a 75-year veterans badge from District 8 Directing Business Representative Steve Jones. “This is the proudest day of my life receiving this from the organization I hold so near and dear to my heart,”

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2012

    Service Staff at Albuquerque Greyhound Joins IAM

    A determined group of 19 Baggage Agents, Ticket Agents, Ground Package Handlers and Janitors who are employed by Greyhound in Albuquerque, NM, voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM.   “This is a victory worth celebrating,” said Ernest “Red” Dow, Directing Business Representative of Local 794 in Albuquerque, NM. “None of this would have been possible

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