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  • iMail , News September 25, 2014

    Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans Honors Kourpias

    Alliance President Emeritus and former IAM International President George J. Kourpias, second from left, is joined by IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, right, and current and past Iowa IAM leadership. The Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans honored Alliance President Emeritus and former IAM International President George J. Kourpias with its first annual George J. Kourpias

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  • iMail , News September 25, 2014

    IAM Members Graduate from EAP-Special Topics Class

    More than 20 IAM members graduated from the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Special Topics training at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. More than 20 IAM members graduated from the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Special Topics training, the first advanced EAP course delivered by the IAM Retirees, Community

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  • iMail , News September 25, 2014

    GOP Mishap Affirms Cozy Relationship With Corporate Donors

    Oops. That’s what the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA) is likely thinking after a coding error on its website revealed the association’s corporate donors and the size of their checks. Leaked documents show how some of America’s largest corporations – Wal-Mart, Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and more – literally bought access to Republican governors

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  • iMail , News September 25, 2014

    Indiana Local 153 Trumps Crescent Plastics’ ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer

    Members of IAM Local 153 recently triumphed after a more than eight-month fight for a fair and just contract at Crescent Plastics in Evansville, IN. The more than 40 maintenance and fabricators fought off the company’s effort to impose what it claimed was its “last, best and final” offer in November 2013. The offer included

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  • iMail , News September 23, 2014

    United Maintenance Instructors Ratify Contract

    IAM District 141 has announced that Maintenance Instructors at United Airlines overwhelmingly ratified a new agreement. The four-year accord provides for significant wage, pension, benefit and job-security improvements, including a $122 annual IAM National Pension Plan multiplier for 2014 that increases to $128 in 2018. Top base hourly wages immediately increase to $40.60 an hour,

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