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  • iMail , News June 13, 2013

    IAM Six Flags Mechanics End California Lockout

    IAM Local 1546 Ride Mechanics at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA are back at work after ending their strike and overwhelmingly accepting a new contract with park management. After being locked out since May 2, the agreement provides the 24 ride mechanics with more frequent and higher quality safety training. The ride mechanics

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  • iMail , News June 11, 2013

    Illinois Local 660 Prepares for Global Brass Negotiations

    Members of IAM Local Lodge 660 attended class at the William W. Winpisinger Center to prepare for upcoming negotiations with Global Brass and Copper. In preparation for negotiations with metal fabricator and distributor Global Brass and Copper (GBC), IAM District 9, Local Lodge 660 members from East Alton, IL, attended the Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining

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  • iMail , News June 11, 2013

    Global Union IndustriALL Backs Belshaw Bakery Strikers

    Western Territory General Vice President Gary Allen, right,  joined striking Local 79 members who are fighting for justice at Belshaw Adamatic Bakery Group in Auburn, WA. One of the world’s largest global union federations, IndustriALL, is joining the fight being waged by 60 IAM Local 79 members who have been on strike against Belshaw Adamatic

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  • iMail , News June 11, 2013

    Woman Making 300-Mile Trip in Wheelchair for GDA

    Tania Finlayson is accompanied by her husband and IAM District Lodge 751 member, Ken, along with a support van with her son, Michael, and IAM members, as she makes a 300-mile trek across the Northwest to raise money for Guide Dogs of America. The wife of a District Lodge 751 member is literally going to

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  • iMail , News June 11, 2013

    IAM Making Organizing Inroads at Canadian Auto Dealers

    Nineteen employees at Markham Acura in Toronto make up one of two new organizing wins at auto dealerships in Canada. Two recent organizing victories at Canadian auto dealerships have the IAM excited about the future of union representation in the industry. Nineteen Markham Acura employees have become the first IAM members from an auto dealership

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