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The enrollment deadline for the IAM Communications Department’s Advanced Web Development Class is extended to September 23, 2011. The class is scheduled for November 13-18, 2011 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland. The Advanced Web Class is for lodges who already maintain a website and their Web Steward has
Read moreUnion of Unemployed (UCubed) calls on the White House to deliver real, robust and immediate solutions to our nation’s jobs crisis in tonight’s presidential address on jobs. “Tonight America’s jobless will be looking for one ray of hope,” said UCubed Executive Director Rick Sloan. “They’re desperate. They want to turn their lives around. They want
Read moreThe Veterans Affairs (VA) Department is urging Vietnam-era veterans to apply for benefits that were recently expanded to cover medical conditions related to Agent Orange exposure. The VA has paid out more than $2.2 billion in retroactive benefits to Vietnam-era veterans and their survivors since an August 2010 change in regulations. The 2010 change in
Read moreThere is still time to register for the 2011 IAM Aerospace Conference that begins Thursday, September 29, at 9:00 a.m. and will adjourn by 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 1. Local and District Lodges can reserve hotel rooms by calling the Hilton Nashville Downtown directly at 615-620-2150, or toll free at 1-800-HILTONS. Registration will take
Read moreA decade ago, in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks, I expressed the outrage of our union at what had just occurred. I explained in a message to IAM members that “It was our planes that were used as weapons of mass destruction. It was our members who were forced to endure the
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