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  • iMail , News January 7, 2010

    Human Rights Seminar Rescheduled for April

    The IAM Human Rights Seminar originally scheduled for February 28 – March 5, 2010, will now be held April 11-16, 2010, at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Participants currently enrolled in the February class will be re-enrolled in the April class by the Winpisinger Center and do not need

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  • iMail , News January 7, 2010

    Herbert Delivers Needed Reality Check

    New York Times columnist Bob Herbert has a well deserved reputation for cutting through the clutter and getting to the heart of an issue. In a column published this week, Herbert rejects the happy talk of recovery and vividly describes the ongoing impact of what he rightfully calls “The Great Recession.” “Staggering numbers of Americans

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  • iMail , News January 5, 2010

    IAM Mourns Former GST Eugene Glover

    Former GST Gene Glover (top row, third from left) served in the U.S. Army Air Force over North Africa and Europe during World War II The Machinists union lost a member of its own “greatest generation” recently when former General Secretary-Treasurer (GST) Eugene D. Glover passed away at age 86 from complications of diabetes. Glover

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  • iMail , News January 5, 2010

    ‘Overwhelming’ Support for NMB Rule Change

      More than 23,000 cards, letters and emails in favour of the proposed NMB rule change were delivered to the board before the conclusion of the public comment period. IAM representatives this week presented the National Mediation Board (NMB) with an additional 12,000 signed post cards expressing support for their proposed rule change to make

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  • iMail , News January 5, 2010

    Wisconsin Machinist Featured on ‘Escape to the Wild’

    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. As president of IAM Local 655 in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Pat Stashek knows all about the sacrifices people went through to organize and

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