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  • iMail , News February 11, 2014

    Experts Agree: Paid Sick Leave Works for Employees, Businesses

    Paid sick leave is a good deal for employers, too. A diverse range of stakeholders at a recent Aspen Institute panel agreed that an employee with paid time off when they’re ill leads to increased productivity, better health and a more stable family life. Currently, over 40 million Americans don’t have paid sick leave. The

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  • IAM International News , iMail , News February 11, 2014

    Cambodian Workers Tortured, Killed After Asking for Raise

    Protesters in Washington, DC, speak out against the horrendous treatment of garment workers in the Southeast Asian country of Cambodia. A new Machinists News Network video sheds light on a horrific workers’ rights violation in Cambodia, a Southeast Asian country where government forces allegedly tortured and murdered striking garment workers asking for a raise. The

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  • IAM International News , iMail , News February 11, 2014

    OXFAM Honors IAM for Philippines Relief Contribution

    Oxfam Canada Executive Director Robert Fox, third from right, presented IAM Canada with a commemorative plaque in recognition of the union’s contribution towards Oxfam’s relief and reconstruction work in areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013. Joining IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie, right, in accepting the honour were

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  • iMail , News February 6, 2014

    Senate Democratic Leader Reid Opposes ‘Fast Track’

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) at a 2010 Center for American Progress panel discussion. The leader recently denounced plans to push the seriously flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement through Congress. (CREDIT: Ralph Alswang) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) dealt supporters of the seriously flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement a

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  • IAM International News , iMail , News February 6, 2014

    NAFTA Marks 20 Years of Hurting Working People

    In a new Machinists News Network video, IAM Chief of Staff and Trade and Globalization Director Owen Herrnstadt says companies use the threat of moving jobs to Mexico to stifle worker’s rights to form their own union. A new Machinists News Network video highlights the job loss and wage reduction that has come from the

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