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  • iMail , News July 24, 2012

    Flight Attendant Coalition Welcomes Risk-Based Screening

    The Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing nearly 90,000 Flight Attendants in the United States, welcomed a decision by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to include all U.S.-based Flight Attendants into the risk-based, Known Crewmember (KCM) program.   The KCM program allows for expedited screening of authorized and trusted crew members at security screening checkpoints

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  • iMail , News July 24, 2012

    District 75 Delivers for New Members at Eglin AFB

    District 75 in Daleville, AL recently negotiated a three-year first contract for workers at TKC Aerospace, Eglin AFB, FL. The 30-member bargaining unit, which organized with the IAM in March and will become part of Local 20 in Niceville, FL, is responsible for Aerospace Ground Equipment support of the Test Wing at Eglin. The new

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  • iMail , News July 19, 2012

    Mitt Romney’s Record Gets a Gut Check

    “Meet Mr. 1%” is a new website from the AFL-CIO that cuts through the campaign chatter and provides an interactive, graphic-focused look at GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s record—and provides a chilling look at his wrecking plan for America’s working families. The site offers fast facts on how Massachusetts suffered during the years Romney was

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  • iMail , News July 19, 2012

    New IAM Video Features Members on a Mission

    The best stories often come from people and places where you least expect to find them. In ‘Wheelchairs to Panama,’ the Machinists News Network talks with a group of retirees from Local 1976 in Pittsburgh, PA who collect donated medical equipment, including hundreds of prosthetic arms and legs, to distribute to poor people in Panama.

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  • iMail , News July 19, 2012

    Machinists at Alaska Airlines Ratify New Contract

    District 142 announced that Ramp Service and Stores Agent members at Alaska Airlines ratified a new six-year contract. The new agreement covers approximately 600 Ramp Service and Stores Agent employees at the carrier and was approved by 91 percent of those voting. “The negotiating committee was able to craft an agreement that provides wage increases

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