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  • iMail , News May 21, 2015

    Midwest Territory Hosts Illinois Student for Job Shadowing Day

    Eighth-grader Jared Podgorny spent a day job shadowing at the IAM’s Midwest Territory office in Joliet, IL, then brought back T-shirts for the rest of his class at Manhattan Junior Hill. Jared Podgorny, an eighth-grader from Manhattan, IL, worked closely with IAM Grand Lodge Representative Rick Mickschl during Job Shadowing Day at the IAM Midwest

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  • News May 20, 2015

    U.S. Labor Board Certifies IAM-TWU Partnership at New American Airlines

    Washington, D.C., May 20, 2015 – The National Mediation Board (NMB) this week certified the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) as joint administrators for labor contracts covering 30,000 workers employed at the recently merged US Airways and American Airlines. The TWU-IAM Association will immediately begin serving

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  • iMail , News May 19, 2015

    Decades of Broken Promises in Trade Deals, Report Shows

    Former IAM District 102 Directing Business Representative Mike Patrick is featured in a New York Times article on the harmful effects of unfettered trade. Patrick remembers when Maytag shipped hundreds of IAM jobs to Mexico in 2004. (Photo: Ryan Donnell for The New York Times) A newly published report by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

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  • iMail , News May 19, 2015

    Buffenbarger Welcomes Sweden PM Löfven to IndustriALL Summit in Stockholm

    IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger introduces Sweden Prime Minister Stefan Löfven to labor leaders of the global union IndustriALL. IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger introduced Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven to a gathering of IndustriALL leaders this week in Stockholm, Sweden, welcoming the former welder and trade union leader as a driving force in the

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  • iMail , News May 19, 2015

    IAM District 9 Fights for Justice, Wins Back Pay

    IAM Local 660 member Jacob Harmon, left, holds his $50,233.60 back pay check alongside IAM District 9 Business Representative Joe Eccardt. Jacob Harmon, a member of IAM District 9, Local 660 in East Alton, IL, has his job back and more than $50,000 in back pay after an arbitrator found the company, Global Brass, did

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