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  • iMail , News July 9, 2015

    Swedish Labor Union Visits IAM Headquarters (VIDEO)

    Visitors from IF Metall speak with IAM Headquarters staff about common issues and challenges. The importance of union solidarity across international borders was apparent when staff members from the Swedish labor union IF Metall recently visited IAM Headquarters. WATCH: “Swedish Labor Union Visits IAM Headquarters” Aleksandar Zusa and Erica Sj?lander, economists for the Swedish metalworkers’

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  • iMail , News July 9, 2015

    Time is Running Out to Enter the IAM Photo Contest

      Local 31 Journeyman Andy Frye, seen here taking precision measurements on a steam-driven boiler feed pump at the Nebraska City Power Station, was featured in the 2015 IAM Calendar. Local 31 member Mark Patach took the photo. Don’t miss your opportunity to exhibit your talent and feature your Lodge members at work. Less than

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  • iMail , News July 7, 2015

    Aerospace Workers to Take Global Solidarity to New Level

    IAM  delegates to the IndustriALL Global Union Aerospace Conference in Berlin. From left, General Vice President Diane Babineaux, Grand Lodge Representative Gerald Tremblay, Communications Representative Jonathan Battaglia, Chief of Staff and Director of Trade and Globalization Owen Herrnstadt, District 725 President and Directing Business Representative Larry Olinger, Local 709 President and Directing Business Representative Perry

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  • iMail , News July 7, 2015

    NFFE-IAM Wins $125,000 Award for Local 1998 Members

    NFFE Local 1998 members fighting for federal employees on Capitol Hill last fall. The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), which represents members in the Passport Services Office of the Department of State, has long been fighting unfair distribution of financial awards by management in the office. NFFE Local 1998 earned a significant victory with

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  • iMail , News July 7, 2015

    Southern Labor Archives Celebrate 125 Years of IAM in Canada

    Local 712 Canadair strike headquarters at restaurant in Montreal, Quebec. 1965 Issue of Le Machiniste,1980 To help celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the first Machinists Local Lodge in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, the Southern Labor Archives has created a new IAM Canada digital collection. The collection includes photographs that document mid-century activities of the Canadian membership,

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