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  • iMail , News January 15, 2013

    Defense Department Official Drops Jobs Bombshell

    Jobs are not on my priority list, says a top U.S. official with the Department of Defense (DoD) in a new video on the Machinists News Network. The remark was made during a keynote address at the Brookings Institute, Washington, DC, regarding $45 billion of possible cuts to the DoD budget. Experts say the significant

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  • iMail , News January 15, 2013

    District 15 Organizes 225 at GKN Aerospace in New York

    District 15 organizers and new IAM members at GKN Aerospace in Amityville, NY celebrate an organizing win that secured bargaining rights for 225 workers. New York District 15 scored a decisive organizing victory recently when 225 workers at GKN Aerospace in Amityville, NY rejected a fierce anti-union campaign and voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM.

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  • iMail , News January 10, 2013

    UCubed Unveils New Website to Help Unemployed

    The Union of Unemployed (UCubed) has released a new website in its efforts to organize, educate and empower unemployed and underemployed Americans. Features include a running tab on the “real” unemployment rate which now stands at 14.4 percent. Unlike the official unemployment rate, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is 7.8

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  • iMail , News January 10, 2013

    Mexico Day of Action to Mark Deadly Mine Explosion

    The IndustriALL Global Union Executive Committee is calling for an international “Mexico Days of Action” during the week of February 18-24, 2013. The dates coincide with the tragic Pasta de Conchos mine accident that killed 65 miners in 2006. The refusal of the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico, Mexico’s largest mining corporation, to recover the

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  • iMail , News January 10, 2013

    IAM President Praises U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

    Secretary Hilda Solis The following is a statement from Tom Buffenbarger, International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), following the announcement that U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will retire: “As the daughter of immigrant parents with union jobs, Hilda Solis brought a new energy to the U.S. Department

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