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  • iMail , News November 4, 2014

    Labor Heads to Polls on Election Day 2014

    It’s Election Day, and millions of working families are making their voices heard in pivotal federal, state and local elections. Our vote determines the balance of power in the halls of Congress and our state legislatures and, ultimately, whether working people win on issues like raising the minimum wage, equal pay and stopping anti-union right-to-work

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  • iMail , News October 30, 2014

    Make Your Voice Heard On Election Day November 4

    If you haven’t already voted early, be sure to make a plan to go to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4. Voters next Tuesday will determine the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, where Democrats hold a slim seven-member majority. Governorships in 33 states will also be

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  • iMail , News October 30, 2014

    IAM Mourns Wichita Plane Crash Victims

    The IAM mourns the at least four people who died Thursday after a small plane crashed into and ignited a fire inside the FlightSafety International building near Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, KS. At least five others were injured, according to the Wichita Eagle. Another four are unaccounted for. The pilot was the only person onboard

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  • iMail , News October 30, 2014

    International Unions Support IAM-Delta Flight Attendant Campaign

    International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)-affiliated unions meet IAM Delta Flight Attendants for a series of strategic meetings and an informational picket at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Delta’s largest hub. The IAM and International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)-affiliated unions from the SkyTeam airline alliance today held strategic meetings and informational picketing at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport,

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  • iMail , News October 30, 2014

    Roeper to Lead IAM Health and Welfare Department

    IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., has appointed Maria Roeper as Director and Counsel of the newly-formed IAM Health and Welfare Programs Department, effective November 1, 2014. Roeper, a healthcare law expert, has served as IAM Assistant General Counsel since 2010. Previously, she spent three years organizing in the healthcare industry. Roeper started the Worker

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