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  • iMail , News October 2, 2012

    IAM and UMass-Amherst Announce Graduate Degree Partnership

    The IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) have announced a partnership program that will make a Master of Science Degree in Labor Studies easily accessible to IAM members who already possess a Bachelor’s degree. The long-standing partnership success the IAM has had with the National Labor College,

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  • iMail , News October 2, 2012

    2012 GDA Banquet Deadline Fast Approaching

    The cut-off date for discounted room rates for the 32nd Annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet to Benefit Guide Dogs of America (GDA) is October 22, 2012. To reserve your room, call the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, at 866-227-5944. Register with the group code SCDOG2 to get the special GDA rate. The

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  • iMail , News October 2, 2012

    Judge Halts Unfair Pennsylvania Voter ID Law – For Now

    A Pennsylvania judge has blocked an unjust, Jim Crow-like voter ID law from going into effect on election day. However, the judge ruled the law – put in place by GOP lawmakers to discourage minorities and the elderly from voting – will go into effect next year. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson also ruled that

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  • iMail , News September 27, 2012

    IAM President Addresses Wichita Aero Club

    Touting the past and future benefits of labor-management cooperation, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger addressed members of the Wichita Aero Club, an aviation industry association based in Wichita, KS. Buffenbarger was introduced by Cessna Aircraft Senior Vice President of Human Resources Jim Walters, who thanked the IAM president for his backing during the 2008 financial crisis.

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  • iMail , News September 27, 2012

    ‘Second to None’ Activists Join Sequestration Fight

    Each week without action by Congress to stop massive sequestration cuts brings the nation closer to a fiscal doomsday that will destroy a million American jobs and expose U.S. troops to new dangers.  Sign up here to join the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Second to None coalition and help keep the heat on Washington until

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