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  • iMail , News September 18, 2012

    Court Overturns Gov. Walker’s Attack on Bargaining Rights

    A Wisconsin judge overturned most of Republican Governor Scott Walker’s attack on public employee collective bargaining rights last week. The ruling by Dane County Judge Juan Colas overturns parts of Walker’s ban on collective bargaining and returns the law to its status before the legislation was passed and signed by Walker in March 2011.    The

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  • iMail , News September 18, 2012

    Ohio Local 1943 Member Introduces President Obama at Rally

    Local 1943 Vice President Andrew Hounshell (left) was chosen to introduce President Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Cincinnati, OH, where the President vowed to protect U.S. auto and steel workers from unfair duties levied by China on American-made cars. Local 1943 Vice President Andrew Hounshell admitted he was stunned to receive a phone

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  • iMail , News September 18, 2012

    International Solidarity Defines 38th Grand Lodge Convention

    IAM delegates returned home from the 38th Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, ON carrying the message that union members’ interests at home can be protected by supporting workers’ struggles around the world. The quadrennial event concluded with a look at highlights since the first IAM convention was held in 1889, one year after the union

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  • News September 14, 2012

    The Nation Lost an Ambassador; I Lost a Friend

    J. Christopher “Chris” Stevens(1960 – 2012)A Remembrance by his Friend Conny Mayer On September 11th, Chris Stevens, our Ambassador in Libya, and three other official Americans were killed during a violent assault against the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.  Chris was a friend even before we became State Department colleagues where we both, till that

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  • iMail , News September 6, 2012

    Hawker Beechcraft Granted More Time to Reorganize

    The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved Hawker Beechcraft’s request for an additional 120 days before it must file a formal plan to emerge from bankruptcy. The debt-laden Wichita, KS-based plane maker filed for Chapter 11 protection in May and originally hoped to emerge from bankruptcy before the end

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