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  • iMail , News April 12, 2012

    Local 1681 Committee Completes Bargaining Prep Class

    The Bargaining Committee from IAM Local Lodge 1681 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada are better prepared for their upcoming negotiations with Servisair thanks to a week of intensive preparations at the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education Center that included simulated bargaining sessions. The 130 IAM members at Servisair provide airport services at the Edmonton International Airport

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  • iMail , News April 12, 2012

    Texas, Mississippi Members Ratify New Pact with L-3 Vertex

    Members of Local 18 in Meridian, MS and Local 2340 in Kingsville, TX recently ratified a new three-year accord with L-3 Vertex that features three percent annual wage increases and raises the employer contribution to the IAM National Pension Fund from $1.50 per hour to $2.00 per hour. The pension hike results in a $20

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  • iMail , News April 12, 2012

    Workers at Port Angeles Aerospace Supplier Vote IAM

    An overwhelming majority of 84 workers at Angeles Composite Technologies (ACT) in Port Angeles, WA, voted to join the IAM. ACT supplies structural assemblies and components to aerospace companies, including Boeing, Bombardier, and Lockheed Martin. “I would like to congratulate the workers at Angeles Composite Technologies and the staff of IAM District W24 who made

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  • iMail , News April 10, 2012

    Swimmers Rescued by Quick-Thinking Machinists

    Two members of IAM Local 340 who are employed at the Port Authority Marine Division in the U.S. Virgin Islands, are being hailed as heroes for actions that saved the lives of several swimmers. The swimmers had misjudged the distance of an incoming cruise ship, and were in position to be pulled into the ship’s

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  • iMail , News April 10, 2012

    Takeaways Trigger Boeing Strike in North Carolina

    A sweeping series of takeaway proposals from the Boeing Company led to a unanimous strike vote by the highly-skilled members of Local 2296 in Havelock, NC. The striking Machinists maintain F15 flight simulators used for training at Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, NC. The rejected contract included deletion of the vision plan, takeaways on the

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