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  • News October 26, 2006

    Call to Action for November Elections

    With the critical midterm election less than two weeks away, IAM members have a chance to change the face of Congress and state capitols, if they show up to vote. “This election will be decided by turnout. It’s simple, if you stay home on Election Day or don’t volunteer some time on union-sponsored Get-Out-The-Vote drives

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  • iMail , News October 26, 2006

    iMail for Thursday October 26, 2006

    Call to Action for November Elections With the critical midterm election less than two weeks away, IAM members have a chance to change the face of Congress and state capitols, if they show up to vote. “This election will be decided by turnout. It’s simple, if you stay home on Election Day or don’t volunteer

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  • News October 25, 2006

    AFL-CIO Appeals Kentucky River Ruling

    The AFL-CIO filed a protest with the International Labor Organization (ILO), a branch of the United Nations, over the National Labor Relations Board’s recent rulings in Oakwood Healthcare Inc. and two other cases that collectively have come to be known as the “Kentucky River” cases. The complaint, filed with the ILO’s Committee on Freedom of

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  • iMail , News October 24, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday October 24, 2006

    Wichita Strikers Win at Bombardier Members of Local 639 in Wichita, KS voted by a 56 percent margin this week to ratify an improved contract offer from Bombardier Aerospace, ending a 22-day strike over pay, pensions and health care benefits. The new 3-year accord, reached after a 36-hour bargaining session and with help from federal

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  • iMail , News October 19, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, October 19, 2006

    Airline District 141 Celebrates 60 Years  More than 200 delegates and guests from 28 local lodges around the country gathered in Phoenix, AZ this week to hold their annual convention and to celebrate the trials and triumphs of one of the largest districts in the Machinists Union.  “Our history is nothing less than the history

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