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  • iMail , News November 12, 2015

    Enrollment Deadline Nears for Federal Employee Basic Program

    The IAM Federal Employees Basic Program will take place in February 2016 at the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The IAM is conducting the Federal Employees Basic Program February 7-12, 2016 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Applications should be returned by November 30, 2015. The

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  • iMail , News November 12, 2015

    Gardner, Manzo Named Transportation Department Special Representatives

    Sandy Gardner Michael Manzo IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has announced the appointment of Sandy Gardner and Michael Manzo as Transportation Department Special Representatives. Gardner initiated into Denver Local 1886 in 1998 after the IAM’s historic organizing victory of approximately 20,000 Passenger Service Employees at United Airlines. She was instrumental in the organizing campaign and

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  • iMail , News November 10, 2015

    A Message from IP Tom Buffenbarger

    Brothers and Sisters, Today in the United States and Canada, we honor heroes among us – the men and women who have served or continue to serve in our armed forces. They’re family, friends, IAM brothers and sisters, or complete strangers. They’re veterans, and today we salute them. We’re proud of our enduring bond with

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  • iMail , News November 10, 2015

    IAM Joins Lawsuit to Protect GE Retirees

    The IAM this week joined with a coalition of labor unions and more than 20 individual retirees to file a federal class action lawsuit against General Electric Corporation in the Northern District of Ohio. The union coalition contends that GE violated federal labor law and the Employer Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by unilaterally depriving

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  • iMail , News November 10, 2015

    Machinists at United Open Contract Early to Protect 30,000 Jobs

    The IAM is entering contract talks early with United Airlines. (Photo: Bill Burke/Page One Photography) The IAM has announced an agreement with United Airlines to open contracts covering approximately 30,000 workers early, more than one year ahead of the scheduled amendable date, and enter into expedited negotiations to amend the current IAM-United contracts. Part of

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