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  • iMail , News November 13, 2012

    Arizona Local 933 Ratifies New Contract with Raytheon

    Members of Old Pueblo Local 933 in Tucson, AZ have a new three-year contract with Raytheon Missile Systems that includes a $750 signing bonus, stronger seniority language and some of the highest wages in the state for nearly 1,600 IAM-represented workers. In addition to three annual wage increases of 2.75 percent, 2.75 percent and 2.5

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  • iMail , News November 13, 2012

    California Anti-Union Prop 32 Defeated by Wide Margin

    Organized labor scored a huge victory in California on November when voters defeated a proposition that would have crippled the ability of unions to participate in elections. Proposition 32, deceptively known as the “Stop Special Interest Money Now Act,” sought to stifle union’s political financing and organizing efforts, but have little or no impact on

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  • iMail , News November 8, 2012

    Latino House of Labor Unveils New Website

    The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) has announced the official launch of its 40th Anniversary Website at http://lclaa.org/. The bilingual website contains a blog with the latest labor updates, a vast array of social networking tools and media and independent sites for LCLAA’s campaigns. In a time when Latinos are, on average, ten

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  • iMail , News November 8, 2012

    2013 IAM Calendar Now On Sale

    The 2013 IAM Calendar is now on sale. The 2013 Calendar features the winners of the 2012 IAM Photo Contest. Calendars are $7 per calendar for individual orders and $5 dollars per calendar for orders of 100 or more. Two dollars from each calendar sold are donated to Guide Dogs of America. Click here to

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  • iMail , News November 8, 2012

    Bee Mad Campaign Delivers Stinging Defeat for GOP

    UCubed applauds its 132,000 Facebook fans and 35 million friends of fans for a job well done in their groundbreaking get-out-the-vote campaign, BEE MAD @ THE GOP. “In the last 101 days, UCubed’s BEE MAD @ THE GOP campaign had a daily reach of more than 800,000 users,” said UCubed Executive Director Rick Sloan. “By

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