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  • iMail , News June 14, 2012

    Incentive Program to Reward IAM Members at Boeing

    A unique program designed to measure and reward performance in safety, quality and productivity will get underway on June 29 for 32,000 IAM members at Boeing facilities in Puget Sound, Portland and Wichita. The incentive plan, dubbed the Aerospace Machinists Performance Program (AMPP), is a key feature of the four-year contract extension negotiated last year

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  • iMail , News June 12, 2012

    Florida Sued Over GOP Plan to ‘Scrub’ Voter Rolls

    The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced this week it will sue Florida after the state disregarded the federal government’s request to suspend its controversial voter purge campaign. In a letter to Florida’s Republican Secretary of State, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez flatly states that Florida is violating the National Voter Registration

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  • iMail , News June 12, 2012

    California Board Rules for IAM Members in Long Beach

    A deceitful ploy by the City of Long Beach backfired when they took unilateral action that led to the loss of five days of wages for IAM members over a period of five months in 2009.  In a landmark decision, the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) ruled in favor of IAM members who were

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  • iMail , News June 12, 2012

    Union of Unemployed (UCubed) Activists Now 100,000 Strong

    In a testament to how far and fast a good idea can travel, the Union of Unemployed (UCubed) this week announced that its network of jobless activists now includes more than 100,000 Facebook fans. “Those 100,000 online activists regularly share posts with their 26.6 million Facebook friends, giving the unemployed a power that far exceeds

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  • iMail , News June 12, 2012

    Oklahoma Members at Vance AFB Ratify New Contract

    Three years after a 15-day strike grounded operations at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, OK, IAM members of Local 898 ratified a new contract by 426-84, an 84 percent margin. The three-year agreement covers nearly 800 members employed at Vance by prime contractor CSC Applied Technologies LLC and three subcontractors. The new agreement includes

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