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  • iMail , News August 25, 2015

    Washington State Hexcel Workers Prep for Upcoming Contract Talks

    Front row, from left: Andrew Culver, Business Representative Bobby Joe Murray and John Linboe. Back Row: Jeffrey Walker, Nanci Pickrell and Scott Clark. IAM Local 289 members who work with aerospace composites at Hexcel in Kent, WA recently geared up for upcoming contract negotiations by attending the Winpisinger Center’s signature Bargaining Committee Negotiation Preparation program.

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  • iMail , News August 25, 2015

    Retired Guide Dog, Video Star Nigel Passes Away

    Lorri Bernson with her late guide dog Nigel, right, and her current guide dog Carter. Nigel, the golden retriever who starred, along with his partner Lorri Bernson, in a number of Guide Dogs of America’s (GDA) educational films passed away on August 14, 2015. Nigel and Bernson graduated from GDA in 2002 and worked as

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  • iMail , News August 25, 2015

    IAM Wins Top Honors in 2015 ILCA Labor Media Awards

    The Machinists Union won several top honors in the annual International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) Labor Media Awards contest, which honors the best in labor journalism. 1st Place: Electronic Media/Labor History, “A Machinist Founded Labor Day”1st Place: General Excellence – Print and Internet/Electronic Newsletter, “iMail”3rd place: Electronic Media/Short Videos, “Maine Lobstering Union Expands Statewide” The

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  • iMail , News August 20, 2015

    Se Acerca la Fecha Límite para los Programas de Liderazgo en Español

    Hay tiempo todavía para mandar las inscripciones para los programas de Liderazgo en Español al Centro William W. Winpisinger en Hollywood, MD.  Animamos a las Logias y Distritos a que identifiquen los miembros de habla Hispana que se beneficiarían al asistir a las clases de Liderazgo en su idioma nativa y que tienen el potencial

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  • iMail , News August 20, 2015

    WWW Spanish Leadership Programs Openings Remain, Deadline Nears

    There is still time to send in enrollments for this autumn’s cluster of Spanish Leadership Programs at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD.  Locals and Districts are encouraged to identify Spanish-speaking members who would benefit from attending Leadership classes in their native language and have the potential to become workplace leaders. “It was

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