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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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  • iMail , News July 2, 2015

    U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Agency Fee Case

    In a move with enormous implications for the entire U.S. labor movement, the Supreme Court announced this week that it will hear a case next year that could determine if agency fees in the public sector are a violation of free speech and association rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The case,

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  • iMail , News July 2, 2015

    October 6 Deadline to File Asbestos Claim in Garlock Bankruptcy

    Machinists and others who were exposed to gaskets and packing material made by Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, have until October 6, 2015 to file a personal injury claim if they believe exposure to Garlock’s products caused or may cause asbestos-related disease. Garlock filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2010, and a current reorganization

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