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  • iMail , News November 10, 2009

    What is the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists?

    CBTU is recognized as a potent economic and political force within the African American community. One of every five black workers (20%) belongs to a union, and black union members earn 40% more than non-union black workers.  In the political arena, CBTU has leveraged the vast resources of unions to mobilize black voters to influence

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  • News November 6, 2009

    Remarks by R. Thomas Buffenbarger at the No Limits Public Policy Conference

    Thank you for that kind introduction. Barney and I disagree about lots of things – Sarbannes-Oxley’s impact on corporate boards, the Boy Scouts of America, the Red Sox and bank bailouts. But we are in total agreement on this: He’s got one smart, savvy and tenacious sister: Ann Lewis. And without Ann, none of us

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  • iMail , News November 5, 2009

    Crunch Time for Health Care Reform

    It’s third and goal to go as the U.S. Congress gets ready to vote within days on historic legislation that will reshape the health care industry in the United States. With health care premiums growing at three times the rate of wages and 14,000 Americans losing their health insurance every day, now is time to

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  • iMail , News November 5, 2009

    Federal Employees to Receive Retirement Credit

    Included in the recent legislation that repealed the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) was a little noticed but extremely important provision extending credit for accrued sick leave to federal workers enrolled in the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). Under the new law, FERS employees will receive a boost to their retirement annuity based on the

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  • iMail , News November 5, 2009

    Indiana Machinists Featured on Extreme Makeover

    Pictured in the photo from Local 2069: Rick Gasaway, Molly Watson, Louann Prokop, Betty Sleeper, John Blankenberger, Chris Holland, Tom Carter, Kyle Hamm and his wife, Darla Miller, Kaycee Dance and Miranda Cassel. When the popular ABC-TV show ‘Extreme Makeover’ chose the Cowan-Brown family in Miami County, IN, for the program, IAM members of Local

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