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  • iMail , News September 21, 2010

    IAM Activist Doug Curler Wins Community Service Award

    Milwaukee Local 66 Secretary-Treasurer Doug Curler receives the 2010 Werner J. Schaefer Labor / United Way Community Service Award in recognition of his many years of work as a community volunteer and labor activist. Left to right: Mary Lou Young, President and CEO of the United Way of Greater Milwaukee, Doug Curler and Lynn Sprangers,

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  • iMail , News September 21, 2010

    Take Action for Jobless Benefits on September 22

    Join UCubed and The American 99ers Union tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22, 2010, in telling your Senators to vote “yes” on The Americans Want to Work Act – a bill to create a Tier 5 of unemployment insurance for those who have exhausted their 99 weeks of benefits. Advocates for the “99ers” are being asked to

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  • iMail , News September 16, 2010

    Cessna Contract: a Knife in Wichita’s Heart

    Hundreds of of District 70 members and supporters in Wichita, KS, rallied for jobs and a fair contract with Cessna. “When negotiations started with Cessna, the IAM committed to partner with the company to survive the current recession, and to save and create jobs for the future,” said Southern Territory GVP Bob Martinez. “It soon

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  • iMail , News September 16, 2010

    IAM Retirees Gear up to Defend Social Security

    More than 1,000 IAM and TCU retirees took part in the 5th Annual Retirees Convention held in Las Vegas, NV. More than 1,000 IAM retirees took part in the 5th IAM Retirees’ Conference in Las Vegas, NV, where speaker after speaker urged the delegates to mobilize for the political battle to save Social Security.  Among

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  • iMail , News September 16, 2010

    American 99ers Plan Sept. 22 Phone Blitz

    UCubed and a coalition of individual and group advocates for the “99ers” – folks who have exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits – are combining their efforts to effect real change and provide much-needed relief for the long-term unemployed. The newly-formed coalition known as The American 99ers Union and its members will take part in a

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