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  • News April 2, 2008

    April 2008

    April Sister of the Month Sheila Hammond Sister Sheila Hammond became a member of a union in 1968, when she began her in-flight career with Trans Texas Airlines (later renamed Texas International). Within one year she was a member of several union committees and in 1970 won her first elected office. In 1982, Texas International

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  • iMail , News April 1, 2008

    iMail for Tuesday, April 01, 2008

    Connecticut Workers Protest Tanker Contract At a rally in East Hartford, CT, this week, union members, business leaders, elected officials and workers from across Connecticut voiced their collective outrage over the awarding of a $40 billion Air Force tanker contract to Airbus and Northrop Grumman. “If we don’t maintain our industrial base and skilled workforce,

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  • News April 1, 2008

    Stop The Air Force’s Misguided Tanker Award

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  • iMail , News March 27, 2008

    iMail for Thursday, March 27, 2008

    Boeing Tanker Battle Continues The fight to reverse the $40 billion tanker decision enters its third week with union members contacting lawmakers and demanding hearings on the process that allowed Europe’s Airbus and its U.S. front company, Northrop Grumman, to walk away with one of the largest U.S. defense contracts in history. The face-to-face lobbying

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  • iMail , News March 25, 2008

    iMail for Tuesday, March 25, 2008

    Toyota Campaign in Canada to Continue Calling the suspension of a scheduled vote a “temporary roadblock,” the IAM informed supporters at the Toyota Canada plant in Cambridge, ON, that it will continue to seek the support needed for a representation election at the automaker. The IAM withdrew its application for a certification vote with the

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