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  • iMail , News July 21, 2009

    iMail for Tuesday, July 21, 2009

    Machinists Endorse Trumka Team to Lead AFL-CIO The IAM announced this week it will support Richard Trumka, Liz Shuler and Arlene Holt Baker in their bids to lead the 10-million member AFL-CIO. “Rich Trumka is much more than just the most powerful speaker in the labor movement today,” said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger. “He is

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  • iMail , News July 16, 2009

    iMail for Thursday, July 16, 2009

    Aerospace Members Focus on JOBS Now! Amid one of the most turbulent times in the aerospace industry’s history, delegates from across North America gathered in San Diego, CA, for the 2009 IAM Aerospace Conference to focus on keeping and creating good-paying jobs, increasing organizing efforts and preparing for the future in the aerospace industry. “

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  • News July 15, 2009

    National Education Association Supports Delta Organizing Campaign

    Support for the IAM organizing campaign at Delta Air Lines continues with a resolution of support adopted last week by the Representative Assembly of the 3.2 million-member National Education Association (NEA). The NEA is the nation’s largest professional employee organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. Its 9,000-delegate Assembly is the organization’s primary

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  • iMail , News July 14, 2009

    iMail for Tuesday, July 14, 2009

    NAACP 100th Anniversary Convention in Full Swing One hundred years of service continues this week as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) holds its 100th anniversary convention in New York City with theme “Bold Dreams-Big Victories.” The NAACP was founded in 1909 in New York City. More than five-thousand attendees, both

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  • iMail , News July 9, 2009

    iMail for Thursday, July 9, 2009

    Senate to Vote on F-22 Raptor Funding Soon In a critical vote for the future of the F-22 Raptor program, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to take action on the 2010 Defense Authorization bill, S. 1930, that includes funding for seven additional F-22’s. Some Senators are certain to offer an amendment that will strip funding

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