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  • iMail , News May 8, 2014

    IAM, Labor Rally Against Job-Killing TPP Trade Deal

    An IAM contingent joined hundreds of workers’ advocates in rallying against the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. A springtime downpour in Washington, DC didn’t dampen the spirits of IAM members and other activists from rallying against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), another free trade deal that promises job growth but instead exports thousands of U.S. jobs

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  • iMail , News May 8, 2014

    Vote Count Underway for Grand Lodge Officer Election

    Tabulation of the ballots is taking place at IAM Headquarters under the direct supervision of U.S. Department of Labor representatives. The counting of IAM members’ votes for the election of IAM Grand Lodge Officers is underway and will proceed daily until all votes are tabulated. The count began May 7, 2014 at IAM Headquarters in

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  • iMail , News May 8, 2014

    Jeff Grim Chosen to Lead IAM Worksite Benefits Program

    The IAM’s supplemental insurance provider, Employee Benefit Systems (EBS), has tapped Jeffrey “Jeff” Grim to lead EBS’s nationally successful Machinists Custom Choices Worksite Benefits Program. Grim, 42, is a Marine Corps veteran and proven leader in the worksite insurance industry. “The board of directors of EBS are excited to have one of the country’s innovators

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  • iMail , News May 6, 2014

    Alabama Local 2003 Rocks the Vote at Fort Rucker

    IAM Local 2003 members at Fort Rucker went on strike for a week after rejecting the “last, best and final” offer from L3 Communications. Nearly 3,000 Machinists of Local 2003 in Daleville, AL are back at work at Fort Rucker today after voting by a 92 percent margin to ratify a new contract offer from

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  • iMail , News May 6, 2014

    126 Years Later: How a Treasured Piece of IAM History Ended Up on ‘The Walking Dead’

    The site of the first Machinists Union meeting, a rail yard just minutes south of downtown Atlanta, was the filming site for a recent episode of The Walking Dead. The first members of the Machinists Union were facing dangerous work, long hours, and unfair pay when they gathered in a dusty Atlanta locomotive pit on

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