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  • iMail , News November 27, 2012

    Plan to Attend Historic MLK Observance in Philadelphia

    The 2013 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Observance will take place January 17-21 in Philadelphia, PA and will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington. The Observance will also coincide with the inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2013.

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  • iMail , News November 27, 2012

    District 141 Pioneers Spanish Language HazMat Program

    from left) David Otoya (Local 811), Victoria Schoening (Local 1731), Victor Acosta (Local 914), Suzette Fleischmann (Facilitator), Alberto Herrera (Local 1759), Teri McClendon (IAM CREST, Staff) A quartet of IAM CREST Associate Instructors from IAM District 141 recently took part in a Spanish Development Workshop designed to ensure that Spanish-speaking members will have the same

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  • iMail , News November 27, 2012

    IAM Video Highlights Guide Dogs’ Mission

    The extraordinary work of Guide Dogs of America (GDA) was summed up by a recent graduate in an IAM video about the annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet in Las Vegas, NV. “He has changed my life,” declared a beaming Luetta Johnson of Lincoln NE, who was paired up with her dog in April at

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  • iMail , News November 20, 2012

    Register Now for Final 2012 Spanish Leadership I Program

    The last of the three 2012 Spanish Leadership Programs at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center is just around the corner. Spanish Leadership I is scheduled for December 9 through the 14, 2012. The enrollment cutoff date for the December Leadership I Program is Friday, November 30. If you or a member of

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  • iMail , News November 20, 2012

    UCubed Launches ‘Exit Left Ahead’ Campaign

    The Union of Unemployed(UCubed) launched a new Facebook campaign to encourage its 132,000 Facebook fans – and their 35 million friends – to urge Congress to vote against austerity measures being proposed by the GOP. “Exit Left Ahead” declares the country is at a fork in the road. Congress has until the end of the

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