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  • iMail , News February 19, 2015

    Arizona Local 933 Completes WWW Negotiation Prep Class

    Members of IAM Local 933, Tucson, AZ, prepare for contract negotiations with Raytheon while attending the William W. Winpisinger Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees class in Hollywood, MD. Members of the IAM Local 933, Tucson, AZ, Negotiating Committee met at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Center in Hollywood, MD, to train, plan and develop negotiating

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  • News February 18, 2015

    Detroit Lightweight Innovation for Tomorrow Institute Opens

      The Lightweight Innovation for Tomorrow (LIFT) Institute in the Corktown area of Detroit will help train workers, including IAM members, how to operate new machinery used to make lightweight materials. The IAM is a partner in a recently announced $148 million Department of Defense grant to open an advanced manufacturing institute in the Detroit

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  • iMail , News February 12, 2015

    Battle for the Internet: Tell Congress to Support Net Neutrality

    On February 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote on a proposal that would allow internet service providers to charge higher premiums for select content and slow down your internet connection. Tell your House and Senate members to support Net Neutrality. The proposal allows for the creation of, at the very least,

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  • iMail , News February 12, 2015

    GOP Gimmick Being Used to Delay New Worker Protections

    Republicans in Congress are employing a rarely-used Senate rule to halt new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulations aimed at speeding up and modernizing union representation elections. The GOP joint disapproval resolution will likely pass the Republican-controlled House and Senate, but President Obama is expected to use his veto pen when it reaches his desk.

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  • iMail , News February 12, 2015

    Trumka: Wall Street Shouldn’t Be Paying Executives to Take Government Jobs

    The biggest Wall Street banks don’t want you to know how much they pay their top executives to take government jobs, and they’re pleading with the Securities and Exchange Commission to let them keep it a secret. In an op-ed to The Wall Street Journal, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka helped sound the alarm on the

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