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  • iMail , News September 20, 2012

    Pennsylvania Lawmaker Talks Smack to Voters

    The GOP sponsor of Pennsylvania’s controversial voter identification law says only “lazy” people would be disenfranchised by the requirement to show photo identification at the polls. “As Mitt Romney said, 47 percent of the people that are living off the public dole, living off their neighbors’ hard work, and we have a lot of people

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  • iMail , News September 20, 2012

    IAM Wins Representation Rights for Instructors at United Airlines

    The National Mediation Board (NMB) has certified the IAM as the authorized representative of 185 Fleet Technical Instructors (FTIs) at the airline formed by the merger of United, Continental and Continental Micronesia. In proceedings before the Board dating back to 2011, IAM attorneys countered United’s attempt to split off portions of the craft or class

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  • iMail , News September 18, 2012

    U.S. Files WTO Suit to Block China Auto Subsidies

    The Obama White House filed a lawsuit against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for illegally subsidizing exports in its autos and auto parts sectors, a practice that puts U.S. auto parts manufacturers and some 800,000 American workers at a competitive disadvantage and encourages the outsourcing of auto parts production to China. The U.S.

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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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