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  • iMail , News July 31, 2012

    UCubed: Bee Mad at the GOP

    A new Facebook campaign by the Union of Unemployed (UCubed) has the worldwide web buzzing with disdain and anger for GOP members of Congress whose policies have kept the jobless broke and out of work. “Bee Mad @ the GOP” is a campaign to place responsibility for the pain jobless households have experienced where it

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  • iMail , News July 31, 2012

    Judge Defers Hawker Bonus Decision

    The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York deferred a ruling on a highly controversial proposal to pay more than $5.3 million in bonuses to eight top executives at Hawker Beechcraft. At the conclusion of a three-hour hearing last week, Judge Stuart Bernstein said he needed more information before ruling on the bonus request, which was

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  • iMail , News July 31, 2012

    President Obama Urged to Join CAT Strikers

    IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger is calling on President Obama to join the picket line outside the Caterpillar facility in Joliet, IL, where IAM members of Local 851 have been on strike since May 1, 2012.  “As a candidate in 2008, President Obama declared he would put on a pair of comfortable shoes and walk

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  • iMail , News July 31, 2012

    Financial Planning for IAM Convention Delegates

    Delegates planning to attend the 2012 Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, Ontario, are reminded that they will need a valid U.S passport to enter Canada. In addition to ensuring passports are up to date, delegates should also have sufficient funds or credit balances to pay for a week’s worth of hotel accommodations, food and other

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  • iMail , News July 31, 2012

    Los maquinistas se unieron a cientos de delegados que asistieron a la Convención Nacional de LCLAA

    Los maquinistas se unieron a cientos de delegados que asistieron a la Convención de LCLAA (Labor Council for Latin American Advancement) en Orlando, FL celebrando su aniversario de 40 años. La conferencia encabezó los esfuerzos del movimiento sindical para intensificar el importante voto latino en las próximas elecciones. En un día de la conferencia, los

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