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  • iMail , News October 11, 2012

    Military Contractor Bills Taxpayers for Anti-Union Meetings

    An article published for In These Times unveils illegal, anti-union activity which reportedly took place during an IAM organizing campaign at the Fort Lewis-McChord joint Army and Air Force base in Washington state. According to the article, workers assigned to help families suffering from the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were forced to attend

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  • iMail , News October 11, 2012

    Air Canada Finance Group Ratifies Agreement

    The 221 members of IAM Local 2603 in Winnipeg, MN have a new five-year agreement. The group provides accounting, banking, auditing, cargo, accounts payable and receivable and payroll functions for Air Canada and Jazz. The collective agreement provides for a two percent lump sum wage increase in the first year, wage increases of two per

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  • iMail , News October 9, 2012

    Trailboss Employees at Hill and Nellis AFB Ratify First Contract

    After three months of negotiations, recently organized members employed by Trailboss at Hill and Nellis AFB ratified their first Collective Bargaining Agreements. IAM Western Territory Grand Lodge Representatives Don Gresham and Mike Wardle, along with Andy Allen, President of Local Lodge 568, as well as the organizing and negotiations committees of Local Lodges 568 and

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  • iMail , News October 9, 2012

    UCubed’s Response to September Jobs Report: ‘Full Employment is Four Percent’

    The Union of Unemployed (UCubed) welcomes the drop in unemployment numbers as reported by the U.S. Labor Department, but warns there’s still much more work to be done. “The ‘official’ unemployment numbers underestimate the depth of this crisis,” said UCubed Executive Director Rick Sloan. “Real unemployment is not 7.8 percent but 16.8 percent. And the

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  • iMail , News October 9, 2012

    Judge Authorizes Hostess to Reject Union Contracts

    A bankruptcy judge has given Hostess Brands, Inc. permission to reject IAM contracts and to implement unfair changes on nearly 200 IAM members employed by Hostess. Hostess filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2012 and is seeking changes to its current labor contracts. The vehicle and building maintenance workers represented by the IAM

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