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  • iMail , News April 19, 2011

    Flight Attendants Sound Off on Reserve Flying

    Reserve Flight Attendants from United and Continental met at the Winpisinger Education Center in Maryland to explore reserve issues at the new United Airlines. Most Flight Attendants love their work and wouldn’t trade jobs with anyone, but it’s hard to find even one who believes the current system of creating a Flight Attendants’ work schedule

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  • iMail , News April 19, 2011

    IAM Honors Retired Activists

    Retired DBR John Capobianco is presented with 60-year membership certificate and pin from International President Tom Buffenbarger and General Secretary-Treasurer Warren Mart. If the labor movement in America has a “greatest generation,” then retired IAM members John Capobianco and Dick Cummings deserve to be in its forward ranks, decorated with respect and appreciation for the

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  • iMail , News April 19, 2011

    Plan Now for 2011 Guide Dogs Banquet

    The 31st William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet to benefit Guide Dogs of America (GDA) will be held Saturday, November 19, 2011, at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The annual event is the premier fundraiser for GDA, a charitable organization whose mission is to provide guide dogs to visually-impaired individuals free-of-charge. Founded

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  • iMail , News April 19, 2011

    Thousands Rally in Olympia to Support Workers

    Western Territory GVP Gary Allen spoke at a rally in Olympia, WA, and urged lawmakers to acknowledge the true causes of the nation’s financial problems. “Working families didn’t create this mess, and we are not just going to sit by and get blamed for it,” said Western Territory GVP Gary Allen at a rally in

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  • iMail , News April 14, 2011

    GOP Budget Proposals Would Gut Medicare

    When Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 2010, they gave Paul Ryan, the new Chairman of the House Budget Committee, extraordinary powers to shape federal spending. Ryan is now proposing to use the deficit as an excuse to transform Medicare in radical ways. Under Ryan’s budget blueprint, the current universal coverage Medicare

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