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  • iMail , News July 3, 2008

    iMail for Thursday, July 03, 2008

    Midwest Territory Scores Major Organizing Win  Workers who build aerial work platforms for Snorkel International, Inc., in Elwood and Wathena, Kansas, voted for IAM representation in an election held on June 27, 2008. There are approximately 400 workers in the bargaining unit. “These workers bonded as a team and stood strong in their fight to

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  • iMail , News July 1, 2008

    iMail for Tuesday, July 01, 2008

    National Labor College Honors IAM Graduates Eleven IAM members who earned Bachelor of Arts degrees from the AFL-CIO’s National Labor College (NLC) were honored this weekend at the school’s commencement ceremony in Silver Spring, MD. Overall, ninety graduates were honored at the ceremony, which marked the NLC’s 10th annual commencement. “We are extremely proud of

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  • iMail , News June 26, 2008

    iMail for Thursday, June 26, 2008

    Endorse Obama? Not the Right Time “Now is not the right time for the IAM to endorse Senator Barack Obama,” said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger in a letter to IAM members after voting “present” in the AFL-CIO presidential endorsement process. Also declining to endorse Obama for President was the Transportation Communications Union (TCU). Other unions

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  • iMail , News June 24, 2008

    iMail for Thursday, June 24, 2008

    Hawker Beechcraft Plans Mexican Assembly Plant In a move that will send economic shock waves across Kansas for generations, Hawker Beechcraft is planning to build a tip-to-tail aircraft assembly plant in Chihuahua, Mexico. The company expects to move from manufacturing small parts and sub-assemblies to full aircraft assembly after 2012. The five-year plan, code named

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  • News June 23, 2008

    First Transit in Los Angeles Goes IAM

    June 19, 2008 – District Lodge 947 welcomed 21 new members into the IAM after they voted overwhelmingly for the union.  The members are employees of First Transit in Los Angeles, a division of First Group, Inc., which has taken a neutral stance with regard to organizing. “Congratulations to DBR Richard Sanchez, and a special thanks

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