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  • iMail , News May 22, 2012

    IAM Shipbuilders at BIW Ratify New Contract

    Members of Local S-6 in Bath, ME voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract with Bath Iron Works (BIW), securing an agreement that includes pension improvements and wage increases. In all, the economic package equals an increase of 6.145 percent in the first year and 11.25 percent over the four-year term of the accord. Other

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  • iMail , News May 22, 2012

    NFFE-IAM Members Help Thwart Anti-Worker Amendment

    NFFE-IAM members attending the IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. lobbied hard on Capitol Hill last week calling on House members to defeat a proposed anti-worker amendment that would have limited the official time union representatives are given to represent employees, an essential component of effective labor-management relations in the federal sector. Thousands more members

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  • iMail , News May 22, 2012

    House Oversight Chairman on Partisan Warpath

    Tea Party zealots and right-wing conservatives often rail over government’s supposedly heavy hand in the lives of American citizens, yet one of their favorite lawmakers has transformed his office into a veritable lobbying front for the exclusive benefit of large corporations. As chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA),

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  • iMail , News May 22, 2012

    Lockheed Letter Triggers ULP Charges from Machinists

    District 776 filed formal Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over misleading and threatening mail sent from Lockheed Martin to IAM members on strike. The letter was directed to striking employees who have outstanding loans with the Lockheed Martin Corporation Hourly Employees Savings Plan (HSP), a 401(k) savings plan, which

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  • iMail , News May 22, 2012

    All Dressed up with Nowhere to Go?

    Hundreds of Wisconsin families lined up for free tours of Talgo’s IAM-built passenger rail cars during a recent Open House event at the company’s Milwaukee rail yard.  More than 1,000 enthusiastic rail fans attended an Open House at the Talgo train facility in Milwaukee, WI to get a first-hand look at the shiny new passenger

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