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  • iMail , News September 18, 2012

    Ohio Local 1943 Member Introduces President Obama at Rally

    Local 1943 Vice President Andrew Hounshell (left) was chosen to introduce President Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Cincinnati, OH, where the President vowed to protect U.S. auto and steel workers from unfair duties levied by China on American-made cars. Local 1943 Vice President Andrew Hounshell admitted he was stunned to receive a phone

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  • iMail , News September 18, 2012

    International Solidarity Defines 38th Grand Lodge Convention

    IAM delegates returned home from the 38th Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, ON carrying the message that union members’ interests at home can be protected by supporting workers’ struggles around the world. The quadrennial event concluded with a look at highlights since the first IAM convention was held in 1889, one year after the union

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  • News September 14, 2012

    The Nation Lost an Ambassador; I Lost a Friend

    J. Christopher “Chris” Stevens(1960 – 2012)A Remembrance by his Friend Conny Mayer On September 11th, Chris Stevens, our Ambassador in Libya, and three other official Americans were killed during a violent assault against the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.  Chris was a friend even before we became State Department colleagues where we both, till that

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  • iMail , News September 6, 2012

    Congress vs. the Working Man

    In an editorial published this week in the New York Daily News, UCubed Executive Director Rick Sloan examines the optics as well as the irony of celebrating Labor Day in the midst of a recession and places blame for the ongoing crisis squarely at the feet of the GOP. “Let’s be brutally honest about who’s

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  • iMail , News September 6, 2012

    Grand Lodge Convention Prep Underway in Toronto

    Final touches are all that remains before delegates arrive for the 38th IAM Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, ON. Preparations are in full swing for the 38th IAM Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, ON, where IAM staff members are working alongside union electricians, riggers and stage hands to turn the Toronto Convention Center into North

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