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  • iMail , News July 13, 2010

    Apply Now for Communicator Course

    The deadline for applications for the IAM Communications Department’s Communicator Course is July 23, 2010. The course is designed for new lodge Communicators, or Communicators who are not publishing websites or newsletters and need help in basic skills such as news writing, internet research, desktop publishing and creating a web page from a template. The

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  • iMail , News July 13, 2010

    United Space Alliance Announces Layoffs

    NASA contractor, United Space Alliance (USA), says it will layoff approximately 15 percent of its workforce on October 1, 2010. USA says it expects to layoff 800 to 1,000 workers at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, 300 to 400 workers near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX and about 10 in Huntsville, AL. The terminations

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  • iMail , News July 13, 2010

    Machinists in Canada Welcome Seymour Workers

    Workers at Seymour Windows & Doors Limited in North Bay, ON, are the newest members of the IAM in Canada. “These workers were looking for someone to represent their concerns with their employer and they found a voice with the Machinists,” said District 78 Organizer Scott Jackson. “This organizing victory was made possible through the

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  • iMail , News July 8, 2010

    Appeals Court Upholds Decision Against Pratt & Whitney

    The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lawsuit brought by IAM District 26 against United Technologies Corporation (UTC), parent company of Pratt & Whitney. The court upheld a U.S. District Court’s injunction that barred Pratt from closing plants in Cheshire and East Hartford, CT. The unanimous 23-page decision from the three-judge appeals panel

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  • iMail , News July 8, 2010

    WWW Center Hosts Historic Merger Summit

    United Airlines Senior VP of Labor Relations Doug McKeen (left) and Continental Airlines Human Relations & Labor Relations Senior VP Mike Bonds (right) visited the Winpisinger Center and answered questions from IAM representatives and members regarding the proposed United-Continental merger. The prospect of a greatly consolidated airline industry is responsible for an unprecedented conference taking

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