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  • iMail , News January 14, 2010

    Registration Deadline Extended for Basic Web Development

    The January 15 deadline for applications for the 2010 IAM Basic Web Development Course has been extended to January 22. The class is offered by the IAM Communications Department and will be held March 21-26 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Placid Harbor, MD. The Basic Web Development course is designed

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  • iMail , News January 14, 2010

    Escape to the Wild Show Featuring IAM Member Airs This Weekend

    Wisconsin Local 655 President Pat Stashek (right) will appear in an episode of the union-sponsored TV show, Escape to the Wild, on VERSUS Country on Sun., January 17 at 9:30 a.m. EST. Don’t forget to tune in this Sunday, January 17, at 9:30 a.m. to VERSUS Country network for the TV show Escape to the

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  • News January 13, 2010

    Welcome Letter from Tom Buffenbarger

    January 11, 2010 Dear Jobs Activist: Have you lost your job? So have 15.7 million other Americans. Another 16 million sit at home hoping their luck will turn. They, too, were idled to some degree by this Grave Recession. So, you’re not alone. More than 31 million Americans share your strain – sleepless nights worrying

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  • News January 12, 2010

    The ‘Real Unemployment’ Needs Real Solutions

    “Everyone agrees that the recession is over,” said Larry Summers, President Obama’s top economic advisor, on December 13. Yet December’s unemployment numbers announced last Friday suggest otherwise — especially the ‘real unemployment’ figure. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the official unemployment rate is 10%, a figure which itself caused a major headline to

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  • iMail , News January 12, 2010

    Machinists Leaders Vote to Oppose Health Benefits Tax

    The IAM Executive Council voted unanimously to oppose any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. “ For decades, IAM members exchanged substantial wage increases for the best possible health insurance,” said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger. “Now, in a bizarre turn of events, their insurance

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