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  • iMail , News March 28, 2013

    IAM Retirees Torpedo Ryan Budget Claims

    IAM Retiree Coordinator Diane Fleming was on Capitol Hill twice in one week to speak on the Ryan budget and the Affordable Care Act. IAM retiree and former United Airlines employee of 39 years Diane Fleming took to Capitol Hill to fight against cuts in Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget. Fleming, who came down with

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  • iMail , News March 28, 2013

    Negotiations to Resume in Belshaw Bakery Strike

    Negotiations are set to resume with Belshaw Adamatic Bakery Group on March 28. More than 60 members of IAM Local 79 in Seattle, WA have been standing strong on the picket line since March 24 after voting unanimously to approve the strike. Employees offered a medical plan that saved the company more than $20,000 per

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  • iMail , News March 26, 2013

    IAM Urges GE to Bargain Fairly Over Closures

    IAM members at two General Electric plants in Chicago, IL and Houston, TX are calling on the manufacturing monolith to reconsider the public and personal impact of proposals they make at the conclusion of a 60-day “decision bargaining” period that follows GE’s January 26 announcement that the two Apparatus Service Centers will close. “General Electric

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  • iMail , News March 26, 2013

    Global Union Accuses JELD-WEN of Labor Rights Violations

    The Building and Wood Worker’s International (BWI) joined the IAM in calling out the world’s third largest door and window manufacturer, JELD-WEN, for a series of labor rights violations during an IAM campaign to organize JELD-WEN locations across the U.S. and Canada. The IAM launched the campaign in response to calls from JELD-WEN workers in

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  • iMail , News March 26, 2013

    IAM Proposes Stronger ‘Made in America’ Rules

    The IAM is calling on the U.S. Export-Import Bank to strengthen its domestic content policies as part of its congressionally mandated review.  “The Bank should use this opportunity to make certain that it is fulfilling its mission to support U.S. exports that support U.S. jobs,” said IAM Director of Trade and Globalization Owen Herrnstadt.  “The last thing that should be

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