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  • iMail , News July 19, 2011

    Help Increase GoIAM.org’s Online Safety Rating

    An online safety website which identifies potential threats on the internet has given the IAM website a poor safety rating. The Web of Trust (WOT) is an online company which asks its users to rate websites. Poor reviews by just a few visitors can negatively impact a website’s ratings and has caused www.goiam.org to receive

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  • iMail , News July 14, 2011

    Hindery Argues for Sound Free Trade Agreements

    The only standard that should be used to govern U.S. leaders’ decision to pass free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, Colombia and Panama is whether they are in the best interest of American workers and the U.S. economy, says Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation, in an

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  • iMail , News July 14, 2011

    Wisconsin Recall Effort Still on Track

    The effort to recall six Republican state senators in Wisconsin passed a key test this week when Democratic challengers easily defeated “fake” Democratic opponents in a round of primary elections forced by Republican Party members who filed to run as Democrats. Republicans ran the fake candidates to give the GOP state senators facing recall more

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  • iMail , News July 14, 2011

    GOP Spending Cuts Stalls Job Growth

    The GOP promise in the 2010 elections that “getting government out of the way” by cutting spending would create jobs is turning out to have the effect most economists expected – more layoffs. The cuts in government spending and especially aid to cash-strapped states are causing mass layoffs in the public sector, which in turn

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  • iMail , News July 14, 2011

    Tune in Tonight to Watch IAM Member on USA TV

    Local 839 member Brett Graham of Wichita, KS, will appear tonight on USA’s Brotherhood Outdoors, a television show that features union members on hunting and fishing trips. IAM Local 839 member Brett Graham, a machinist at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, will be featured tonight on the new TV show from Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), Brotherhood

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