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  • iMail , News July 24, 2014

    Benefits Preserved as New York Local 1180 Votes to End Calspan Strike

    IAM Local 1180 members, families and supporters hold a rally just days before members ratified a new contract with Calspan Corporation after a 10-week strike in Buffalo, NY. After nearly 10 weeks of unwavering solidarity on picket lines, 24 members of IAM Local 1180, District 65 in Western New York ratified a new three-year contract

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  • iMail , News July 24, 2014

    Netroots Nation Sets Sights on 2014 Midterm Elections

    U.S. Vice President Joe Biden outlines the fundamental organizing principles that must be sustained through the 2014 midterm elections during his keynote address at the 2014 Netroots Nation conference in Detroit. (Photo by Bill Burke / Page One Photography) Get to the polls in November. That was the overall directive given to the more than

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  • iMail , News July 24, 2014

    TCU/IAM Opens Regular Convention

    TCU President Bob Scardelletti, right, stands in solidarity with IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger at the 34th Regular TCU/IAM Convention in Las Vegas. (Photo by Bill Burke / Page One Photography) Hundreds of TCU/IAM members converged on Las Vegas this week for the 34th Regular TCU/IAM Convention. This year’s convention marked the 115th anniversary of

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  • iMail , News July 22, 2014

    Alabama Contractor Goes Full Pinocchio in Anti-Union Campaign

    The Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter is among the rotary wing aircraft serviced by workers seeking IAM representation at Y-Tech Services at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. In a desperate bid to suppress support for the IAM in an upcoming union representation election, a government contractor at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL has begun holding captive

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  • iMail , News July 22, 2014

    IAM Remembers Actor James Garner for His Union Activism

    The IAM mourns the passing of longtime actor, union and civil rights activist James Garner. The former “Maverick” and “Rockford Files” star died July 19, 2014 at the age of 86. Garner was a more than 50-year member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). In 1960, he became a member of SAG’s board. During three

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