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  • iMail , News October 27, 2011

    Midwest Locals Awarded $249,756 in FMCS Grants

    L-R Jim Reid, GLR HPWO Partnerships Dept.; Dan Gallagher, Vice President – Gallagher Asphalt and Training Fund Trustee; Louie Longhi, Training Fund Instructor; Sam Cicinelli, ADBR Local 701 and Training Fund Trustee; Robert Keppler, DBR Local 701; Armando Arreola, Local 701 BR and Training Fund Trustee IAM locals in the Midwest territory were recently awarded

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  • iMail , News October 27, 2011

    Choose Union-made Candy this Halloween

    When those little ghosts and goblins come collecting on Halloween, make sure you have a full supply of union-made treats to share. For years, union members have been responsible for producing some of the most popular candy brands – i.e. Jolly Ranchers, Kit Kats, Sweethearts, Butterfingers, and the list goes on. To make it easy

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  • News October 26, 2011

    Enough With the Corporate Pity Party, It’s Time to Create Jobs

    The country is in crisis. Unemployment is still hovering at 9 percent, income inequality has soared to record levels, and 46 million — one in six — Americans are living in poverty. Meanwhile, corporate taxes are at their lowest level in 50 years. Some corporations like General Electric didn’t pay a single dollar in taxes

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  • iMail , News October 25, 2011

    IAM President Warns Against Deep Defense Cuts

    IAM President Tom Buffenbarger (center) joins Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Marion C. Blakey (left) and George Mason University Professor Dr. Stephen S. Fuller (right) in press conference on importance of U.S. aerospace jobs. The IAM joined forces with the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to denounce

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  • iMail , News October 25, 2011

    Presidential Board Concludes Freight Rail Hearings

    The IAM, TCU and a coalition of nine other rail unions and rail carrier representatives have wrapped up a week of hearings before a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) in Washington, D.C. The parties are now waiting for the PEB’s written recommendations for settlement of the contract dispute between the unions and the nation’s Class 1

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