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The Alliance for Retired Americans held its national convention in Washington, DC, this past week, where delegates voted IP Tom Buffenbarger to a third four-year term on the organization’s board of directors. The Alliance, headed by former IAM International President George Kourpias, is a grassroots organization representing more than 3.1 million retirees and seniors nationwide.
Read moreSEPTEMBER 12, 2006 – According to the Alliance for Retired Americans, there’s a problem with the new Medicare Part D. Depending on your annual out of pocket prescription costs you many not be covered, slipping into what’s being called the donut hole.
Read moreSEPTEMBER 11, 2006 – Five years ago America changed. Today marks the 5th anniversary of the September 11th attacks which took the lives of nearly 3,000 people including two members of the Machinist family. Across the country and at the sites of destruction in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, ceremonies honoring the fallen and the heroes
Read moreBoard Rules for IAM at Mercedes in Alabama The IAM won a key legal battle this week in the fight to overcome anti-union activities by Mercedes-Benz officials at the automaker’s assembly plant in Tuscaloosa, AL. In a ruling hailed as an important victory for Mercedes’ workers and IAM organizers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Read moreView Rally At IUOE Local 18 – 09/07/2006
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