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The Grand Lodge monthly per capita tax for 2012 will be $31.78, reports GST Warren Mart in a letter to all IAM District and Local Lodges. The figure was calculated using the formula approved by Delegates to the 2008 Grand Lodge Convention. The 3.41 percent increase is based on “the average of the percentage increase
Read moreThe IAM App for Android phones is now available, but we need your help testing it. Please search for the “IAM Journal” in the Android Marketplace. Then drop IAM Communications Director Rick Sloan an email at rsloan@iamaw.org, and let him know how it works on your ‘droid.
Read moreWith organizing rights increasingly under attack by right-wing politicians and their well-funded corporate allies, it’s unusual to find a major company that respects workers’ collective bargaining rights and their elected representatives. AT&T Mobility is one of those companies. As the only national unionized wireless provider with 45,000 workers represented by the Communications Workers of America
Read moreThe Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) is the biggest threat to environmental standards, workplace safety rules, public health, and financial reform regulations to appear in decades. The GOP-sponsored legislation calls for drastic changes to the Administrative Procedure Act, a cornerstone of the U.S. legal system that has served Americans well for more than 60 years. The
Read morePictured left to right are: Dale Hartford, GDA President; Gift of Sight award winners Local 2003 GDA volunteer Adam Beasley, McMorgan & Company President Brian Morton, IAM Southern Territory GVP Robert Martinez, Jr. and IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, who presided over the event. More than 1,000 people gathered to support Guide Dogs of America
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