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  • iMail , News March 8, 2016

    Recognizing IAM Trailblazers on International Women’s Day

    IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes, left, and General Vice President Diane Babineaux, right, are the first two women to hold seats on the IAM Executive Council. International Women’s Day (IWD) has been globally recognized as a day of celebration and a call for gender parity, dating as far back at the early 1900’s. Now women

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  • iMail , News March 8, 2016

    Tell Congress to Stop Assault on Customer Service Agents at U.S. Airports

    If you’ve spent time in America’s airports, you’ve probably seen frustrated travelers. Let’s face it: long lines and flight delays are irritating. But when airport workers become the target of abuse, and occasionally violence, something needs to be done. That’s why the IAM is demanding that Congress make it a felony to assault on-duty Customer

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  • iMail , News March 8, 2016

    IAM Mourns Southern Territory Stalwart Les Schroeder

    It is with a heavy heart that the IAM learned of the passing of retired Southern Territory Administrative Assistant Leslie Gene “Les” Schroeder. Schroeder began as a Machinist at Cameron Iron Works in Houston and initiated into the IAM on December 20, 1967 with Local 15. Starting in 1972, he became the Local’s Secretary-Treasurer, then

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  • iMail , News March 8, 2016

    Why Hillary Clinton is the Best Choice for U.S. Manufacturing Workers

    The Machinists Union endorsed Hillary Clinton for president at the 2015 IAM Staff Conference in New York. IAM-endorsed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is distinguishing herself as the best choice for IAM members as she continues to roll out details of a “new bargain” to revitalize U.S. manufacturing. Clinton’s plan is built on three principles: Corporations

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  • News March 4, 2016

    Don’t Trade Our Jobs Away! Sign this Petition

    All American manufacturing jobs are at risk because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Its failure to include provisions to stop currency manipulation alone casts the TPP as a fatally flawed trade deal. Sign this petition today so they: Don’t Trade Our Jobs Away

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