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  • iMail , News November 13, 2012

    Ohio Local 1943 Honors Veterans, Active Duty Members

    Local 1943 President and Directing Business Representative Neil Douglas lauds Ohio veterans and active duty service members during Veteran’s Day remarks in Middletown, OH. Local 1943 President and Directing Business Representative Neil Douglas commended the service and sacrifice of Ohio veterans and active duty service members in Veteran’s Day remarks delivered at the American Legion

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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

    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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  • iMail , News November 8, 2012

    The Voters Have Spoken: Four More Years

    Americans refused to be intimidated by severe weather, long lines at polling places or a massive voter suppression campaign and turned out in large numbers to elect Barack Obama to a second term as President of the United States. Voters also increased Democratic control of the Senate while Republicans held on to the House of

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