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IAM Local Lodge 99 member Spencer Smirl, left, holds the IAM flag with another participant of the Fiennes Antarctic crossing expedition. The six-month journey will go from Crown Bay on the continent’s east shore to the South Pole and then to Ross Island on the continent’s south shore. IAM Local Lodge 99 member Spencer Smirl
Read moreGOP lawmakers around the country have embarked on a campaign to ban all bills requiring mandatory paid sick leave for all workers. Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) recently signed the so-called “preemption” bill, blocking a proposed sick-leave ballot initiative currently being considered in Orange County – and any future county, for that matter. The Sunshine
Read moreLabor unions, activists and students have declared Saturday, June 29, 2013, an International Day of Action to End Deathtraps. Participants will take action at Gap and Wal-Mart stores – picketing and handing out flyers – to force the companies to take responsibility for the safety of their workers, specifically in Bangladesh’s garment industry, the second-largest
Read moreThe new deadline to enter the 2013 IAM Photo Contest is now Friday, July 5, 2013. For the 2013 Photo Contest, photos must be taken of and by members in good standing, un-posed and working at their job (and conforming to all safety standards). Click here for complete contest rules, the entry form, official call
Read moreLehman poses with the award and fellow delegates at the National Federation of Democratic Women’s conference in Charleston, WV. Political activist and retired 41-year IAM member Pat Lehman of Wichita, KS is the recipient of the National Federation of Democratic Women’s 2013 Humanitarian Award. Lehman, a former Grand Lodge Representative who retired in 2007, was
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