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  • iMail , News October 31, 2013

    New IAM Video on Fight to Preserve America’s Pensions

    IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger listens to a House committee hearing on proposed legislation to cut existing retirees’ pension plans. Photo: Rick Reinhard The IAM will not stand idly by as Congress attempts to pass legislation that would allow “deeply-troubled” multi-employer pension plans to cut benefits for current retirees, said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger

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  • iMail , News October 31, 2013

    New Sequestration, Budget Talks Begin Ahead of Dec. 13 Deadline

    A congressional budget conference committee made up of Senate and House members met for the first time Wednesday, October 30, in a joint effort to avoid another government shutdown and to address a second round of sequestration spending cuts scheduled to take effect January 15, 2014. Lawmakers must strike a deal on the impending $109

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  • iMail , News October 31, 2013

    ILO Rejects Canada Law Barring Right to Strike

    In response to a complaint filed by the IAM, the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association found that the Conservative Canadian Government violated international labor rights when it passed the so-called Protecting Air Services Act (Bill C-33), a measure that made it illegal for members of the IAM and the Pilots Union

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  • iMail , News October 31, 2013

    IAM, USW and UAW Join to Ensure Fair Trade in TPP

    The IAM has joined with the United Steelworkers and United Auto Workers in a joint proposal to protect workers in each of the countries signed-on to the overly-ambitious, extremely-flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed free trade agreement that’s currently being negotiated in secrecy and with no congressional oversight. The proposal provides recommendations on how “rules

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  • iMail , News October 31, 2013

    Eastern Territory Launches New Automotive Organizing Website

    A new website launched by the IAM Eastern Territory, unionmechanic.org, is a “virtual garage” to help automotive professionals organize a union shop where they work. Scan the above QR code with your smartphone to access unionmechanic.org A new website launched by the IAM Eastern Territory and designed by Grand Lodge Representative Mark Ward caters specifically

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