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  • iMail , News October 2, 2014

    IAM Locals Join Forces for Upcoming ULA Negotiations

    Members of the IAM Coordinated Bargaining Committee take part in realistic mock bargaining in preparations for actual negotiations with United Launch Alliance (ULA). A trio of local lodges from Alabama, Florida and California sent representatives to the William W. Winpisinger Center recently for an intensive week of training in preparation for upcoming contract negotiations with

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  • iMail , News October 2, 2014

    Lockheed Contractor Triggers IAM Strike in Kentucky

    IAM members employed by Allsource Global Management (AGM) at the Bluegrass Station Army Depot in Lexington, KY are on strike after the company refused to bargain in good faith. IAM members employed by Allsource Global Management (AGM) at the Bluegrass Station Army Depot in Lexington, KY voted overwhelmingly to strike after the company refused to

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  • iMail , News September 30, 2014

    Wisconsin Local 2053 Completes WWW Negotiation Prep Program

    Members of the IAM Local 2053 Bargaining Committee, representing approximately 180 production and maintenance employees at Maysteel, LLC in Allentown, WI, attended the Negotiation Prep program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Members of the IAM Local 2053 Bargaining Committee, representing approximately 180 production and maintenance employees at Maysteel,

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  • iMail , News September 30, 2014

    Why You Shouldn’t Forget About This Year’s Gubernatorial Elections

    The battle for control of the U.S. Senate is rightfully getting a lot of press going into the November midterm, but voters will also cast ballots in 27 governor’s races – over a dozen of which could be very close contests. The races are important because anti-worker legislation is increasingly being passed at the state

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  • iMail , News September 30, 2014

    Dems Urge Rules Against Child Labor in U.S. Tobacco Fields

    Pictured left to right, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) President Baldemar Velasquez, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and British Members of Parliament Ian Lavery and James Sheridan tour a North Carolina tobacco field to speak with farmworkers during FLOC’s summer 2014 “Respect, Recognition, Raise!” organizing campaign. (Credit: FLOC) Reps.

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