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  • iMail , News November 24, 2015

    Guide Dogs Hit the Jackpot in Las Vegas

    IAM District 98 Business Representative Tim Buck won the GDA raffle for a 2015 Harley Davidson FLHR Road King. It takes a village to raise the $42,000 necessary to train just one guide dog for a visually impaired owner. But thanks to the IAM, Guide Dogs of America (GDA) has an entire union behind its cause. The

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  • iMail , News November 19, 2015

    IAM Retirees Build Power at 2015 Conference

    IAM Local Lodge 63 member Sam Beekman, right, was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2013. He spoke to delegates at the 2015 IAM Retiree Conference about living with a life-threatening disease. Retired IAM members don’t just leave the fight to their working brothers and sisters when they call it a career. Take

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  • iMail , News November 19, 2015

    Congressional Pressure Builds to Repeal Middle-Class Health Insurance Tax Hike

    Democrats and Republicans from both houses of Congress are urging the president to work with them to rapidly repeal the Affordable Care Act’s excise tax that will affect many middle-class worker health insurance plans. In a letter to President Obama, Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT)

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  • iMail , News November 19, 2015

    District 751 Machinists Honored for Saving Life of Co-Worker

    IAM District 751 members Mark McGarrity, Anthony Alsted and Darren Gremmert pose with Brad Davis (second from right), whose life they saved. Two members of IAM District 751 have received the Governor’s Lifesaving Award for quick actions that saved the life of a Boeing Co. co-worker. The incident occurred early one morning in August 2014,

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  • iMail , News November 19, 2015

    Maine Machinists Take Stand Against Domestic Violence

    IAM Local S6 Women’s Committee member Pauline Roderick prepares items to be donated to Maine domestic violence shelters. The Women’s Committee of IAM Local S6 hosted its third annual Domestic Violence Awareness Collection last month, raising nearly $1,400 in cash and more than $200 worth of donated items. Members of Local S6 are employed at

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