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  • iMail , News May 29, 2012

    IAM Welcomes Members Serving Arctic Circle

    Aircraft maintenance workers employed at Keewatin Air in Winnipeg, MB, are the newest members of the IAM and will join more than 18,000 workers in the Canadian Air Transport Sector. Keewatin Air serves the Canadian Arctic from its main base in Winnipeg with a fleet of Beech 1900 and King Air 200 aircraft. Keewatin Air

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  • iMail , News May 29, 2012

    District 751 Machinists Honored for Safety, Excellence

    Eleven members of District 751 who work for Republic Services in Klickitat County, WA were honored recently by their company for excellence on the job. The 11 were in the first group to be given Republic’s “Dedicated to Excellence” award, which recognizes that the workers met Republic’s high standards for safety, while also excelling in

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  • iMail , News May 29, 2012

    Labor Hall of Fame Adds Deceased 9/11 Union Members

    The more than 600 union members who perished on September 11, 2001 as a result of the terrorists’ attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania were inducted collectively into Labor’s International Hall of Fame at the 2012 induction ceremony held recently at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC. “We are extremely proud to be able

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  • iMail , News May 29, 2012

    NLRB Member Accused of Aiding GOP Resigns

    The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member accused of funneling confidential information to GOP allies who were engaged in a campaign to discredit the agency has resigned. NLRB member Terrence Flynn submitted a letter to President Barack Obama saying he would resign effective July 24, but would immediately recuse himself from all agency business. Flynn

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  • iMail , News May 24, 2012

    Book Now for Reduced Rate Rooms at LCLAA Convention

    June 21, 2012 is the last day to reserve a reduced rate hotel room for the 2012 LCLAA National Convention in Orlando, FL. This year’s national convention will be held at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort on July 25 – 28, 2012, and will provide LCLAA activists with an opportunity to share strategies to advance

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