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  • iMail , News July 25, 2013

    Machinists Union Urges Quick Confirmation of NLRB Nominees

    In a letter to the U.S. Senate, the IAM is demanding the swift confirmation of President Obama’s full slate of nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) struck a deal last week to confirm the president’s two replacement nominees – Nancy Schiffer, the

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  • iMail , News July 25, 2013

    Dropkick Murphys Turn Up the Volume for Organized Labor

    The Dropkick Murphys, a union-friendly punk-rock band, made it a night to remember for working families in Cincinnati, OH. Major music artists often shy away from putting their name out in front of a political cause, but not so with the Dropkick Murphys, a famous punk-rock band that hasn’t been bashful in their support of

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  • iMail , News July 23, 2013

    Global Woodworkers Union Condemns Jeld-Wen Labor Violations

    Facing a disgruntled workforce and a grassroots IAM organizing movement, management at window and door manufacturing company Jeld-Wen are resorting to further labor violations to suppress and intimidate its workforce. Builders and Woodworkers International (BWI), the world’s largest global union federation representing wood and construction worker unions, have found that a Jeld-Wen corporate leaflet distributed

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  • iMail , News July 23, 2013

    Study Reveals Massive Job Loss in South Korea-U.S. Trade Deal

    A new Economic Policy Institute study reveals the harsh reality of the “over-hyped” and job-killing Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) and warns of the further potential job loss the Trans-Pacific Partnership would inflict upon the American middle class. Instead of increasing U.S. exports from “$10 billion to $11 billion” and supporting “70,000 American jobs from

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  • iMail , News July 23, 2013

    Portland Members Vote to End Strike at Daimler Truck Plant

    IAM members returning to work at Daimler after a three week strike.  Members ratified terms of a new contract on July 22, 2013. In a close vote, IAM members of Local 1005 at Daimler’s Swan Island Truck Plant in Portland, OR ratified new contract terms on July 22, after being on the strike lines since

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