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  • iMail , News May 16, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday, May 16, 2006

    IAM Legislative Conference asks ‘Had Enough Yet?’ The 2006 IAM Legislative Conference kicked off in Washington, D.C, this week with opening speeches by IP Tom Buffenbarger, GVP Bob Thayer, and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney who expressed dissatisfaction with the current crop of national lawmakers and openly questioned their expertise and dedication. Each of the speakers

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  • iMail , News May 11, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, May 11, 2006

    Pickets Protest New Piper Shareholder’s Meeting IAM members picketed the American Capital Strategies (ACS) shareholders meeting in Bethesda, Maryland this morning to show support for workers at New Piper Aircraft who were denied their freedom to join the union.  ACS owns New Piper Aircraft and has allowed an anti-worker management team free rein in the

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  • News May 11, 2006

    federación agroalimentaria

    Read the letter of solidarity from federación agroalimentaria Madrid here.

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  • News May 11, 2006

    ‘NEVER GIVE UP’: Longtime worker has backed union for years

    Bill Flynn is still fighting for a union at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and he doesn’t even work there anymore. “I’ve lived this about all my adult life,” said Flynn, who has worked on several unsuccessful union campaigns at Reynolds. Flynn, 58, started working in production at Reynolds in 1969. He took an incentive package

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  • News May 11, 2006

    Reynolds workers to vote on union again

    About 2,000 workers at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. are scheduled to vote on union representation today and early Friday. Workers who support unionization said they are upset about cuts in benefits. They also said that it makes sense to band together to negotiate a contract the way that executives do for themselves. Read the entire Winston-Salem

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