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  • iMail , News August 11, 2015

    IAM Metal Trades Leaders Called on to Attend Annual Conference

    IAM leaders in the metal trades are invited to attend the 2015 AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department Conference, to be held October 14-15, 2015 at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. IAM Collective Bargaining Coordinator Jim Price will be hosting a very important IAM Metal Trades Caucus on Tuesday, October 13 at 9 a.m.

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  • iMail , News August 11, 2015

    Labor Celebrates 50 Years of Medicare (VIDEO)

    Alliance for Retired Americans activist Max Fine was a member of the White House Task Force on Medicare 50 years ago. Labor leaders, pro-middle class activists and legislators gathered outside the U.S. Capitol to celebrate Medicare’s 50th birthday. WATCH: Unions Celebrate 50 Years of Medicare When President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark legislation in 1965,

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  • iMail , News August 6, 2015

    Voting Rights Act Turns 50, Now We Have to Defend It

    With the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) this week, today should be a time to celebrate an important milestone. Instead, it appears that we are reversing course on guaranteeing voting rights for all. On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the VRA into law, following the clash between civil rights marchers

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  • iMail , News August 6, 2015

    Texas District 776 Gears Up for Lockheed Negotiations

    Bargaining Committee members of District 776 in Ft. Worth, TX met at the Winpisinger Center to prepare for upcoming negotiations with Lockheed Martin. The Negotiating Committee for District 776 in Fort Worth TX met last week at the William W. Winpisinger Center to prepare for upcoming negotiations with Lockheed Martin on behalf of 3,000 IAM

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  • iMail , News August 6, 2015

    International Activists Take Part in ITF Summer School for Young Workers (VIDEO)

    Young union workers participate in the ITF Summer School held at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Thirty-six young activists from 26 different countries participated in International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Summer School at the IAM William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Maryland. WATCH: ITF Summer School

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