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The August 2012 IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. In this month’s issue, the Journal features articles about the “Bee Mad @ the GOP” campaign, labor rallies in Philadelphia for a Second Bill of Rights and unjust voter suppression tactics target minorities and elderly. You can get the app on iPad, Android
Read moreThe results of the 2012 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest are in. The District and Local Lodge first place winners for each category are: In the Newsletter Category – Two districts tied for top honors for General Excellence: NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 in Washington, DC, for The Federal Employee and District Lodge 141 in Chicago
Read moreMembers of Local 733 in Wichita, KS employed at Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) will have an opportunity to vote this week on a proposal that would prevent termination of their existing defined benefit pension plan. The proposed contract change has the unanimous recommendation of the IAM District 70, Local 733 Bargaining Committee and would require
Read moreA determined group of 19 Baggage Agents, Ticket Agents, Ground Package Handlers and Janitors who are employed by Greyhound in Albuquerque, NM, voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM. “This is a victory worth celebrating,” said Ernest “Red” Dow, Directing Business Representative of Local 794 in Albuquerque, NM. “None of this would have been possible
Read moreThe GOP race to suppress as many young, elderly and minority votes as possible by Election Day continues across the country with Pennsylvania and Florida dominating most recent headlines. Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law is now headed to the state Supreme Court after a judge upheld the unjust piece of legislation last week. “It was
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