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  • iMail , News , Southern October 22, 2019

    Striking Local 708 Members Back to Work

    “The members of Local 708 stood in solidarity and were able to obtain several gains in their agreement,” said Chief Negotiator Tyson Kelly. “We do not arrive at the bargaining table to negotiate strikes; we are there to bargain for reasonable agreements and that is what we were able to achieve for our brothers and

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  • iMail , News , Politics & Legislation October 22, 2019

    Tell the Senate to Support Repeal of So-Called ‘Cadillac Tax’

    Thank you for helping us get the House to successfully pass the bipartisan Middle-class Health Benefits Tax Repeal of 2019. That 419-to-6 vote moves us closer to our goal of getting both the House and Senate to pass the legislation that would repeal the 40 percent health benefits tax on employer-sponsored healthcare, also known as

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  • Latest Videos October 21, 2019

    A Railroad Tradition

    Hornell, NY IAM Local 2741 members take pride in their work to build and refurbish trains that travel across the country. Now they are building the country’s first high-speed trains for Amtrak.

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  • Latest Videos October 21, 2019

    Donating Life

    IAM Transportation Local 1044 Member Michael Bukta wanted to donate his kidney to his best friend Chuck. It didn’t work out that way, but it worked out better.

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  • iMail , News , Southern , TCU October 17, 2019

    Workers Wonder if Lost Roanoke’s FreightCar Jobs Will Roll to Mexico

    “Seriously, what else would you call closing an American facility and opening one in Mexico six months later?” wrote Fred Owens, a third-generation worker at FreightCar America Roanoke and President of the TCU-IAM Carmen Division Local 6016. “And why else were we certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) by the Department of Labor, which only

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