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  • iMail , News May 19, 2016

    Executive Paywatch: Your CEO Makes 335 Times More Than You

    It takes the average S&P 500 CEO just over a day to make what production and non-supervisory workers earn, on average, in an entire year, according to the AFL-CIO’s newly-released Executive PayWatch. CEO’s took home, on average, $12.4 million in 2015, according to the AFL-CIO’s analysis. In contrast, the average worker earned only $36,900 in

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  • iMail , News May 19, 2016

    Wisconsin Machinist, Vietnam Vet Makes His Inaugural Trip to DC War Memorials

    IAM retiree and Vietnam War veteran Jerry Schiltz proudly shows off his IAM Retirement card during his visit to Washington, DC as part of the Never Forgotten Honor Flight. Schiltz was joined nearly 100 Vietnam and Korean War veterans from central Wisconsin. Retired IAM member Jerry Schiltz, a Vietnam War veteran, had never been to

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  • iMail , News May 19, 2016

    New Overtime Rule Means 12.5 Million Workers Will Soon be Getting a Raise

    The Department of Labor has announced a doubling of the overtime threshold for salaried workers from $23,660 to $47,476. The long awaited change qualifies workers for overtime when working more than 40 hours a week. The new overtime rule will benefit 12.5 million workers according to a recent Economic Policy Institute report. READ: Seven Things

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  • iMail , News May 19, 2016

    Nine Machinists Earn UMass Labor Studies Master’s Degrees

    Nine IAM members and staff earned master’s degrees in union and labor administration from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. Pictured from left: Local 2339A member Cherie Morgan, Special Representative Mark Hollibush, Special Representative Bridget Fitzgerald, Grand Lodge Representative Richard Suarez, Grand Lodge Auditor Ed Delaporte, Local 751F member Hazel Powers and Local 2339A member

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  • News May 19, 2016

    Machinists’ Statement on EgyptAir 804

    IAM General Vice President Sito Pantoja today issued the following statement in the wake of the disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804: “Although the facts about what exactly happened to EgyptAir 804 are unclear at this point, it is obvious the aviation community has suffered another tragedy. The more than 600,000 members of the International Association

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