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  • iMail , News June 17, 2014

    Toronto Local 2921 Preps for Garda Contract Talks

    Local 2921’s Negotiating Committee recently came to the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD to prepare for upcoming contract talks with Garda. Front row, from left: Yama Hamad Hussain Toki, Trustee; and Nayfe “Nina” Abou-Daya, Steward. Second row: Colin Husbands, Steward; Hassan Abukar Jama, Trustee; Caterina Barone, Recording Secretary; Noureddine Tarrabou, Vice President; and

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  • iMail , News June 17, 2014

    NAS Whidbey Machinists Ratify First Union Contract

    Roughly two dozen IAM members who work for Doss Aviation at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Oak Harbor, WA ratified their first contract after voting to join IAM District 751 in December 2013. Machinists Union members who work for Doss Aviation at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Oak Harbor, WA will get wage

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  • iMail , News June 17, 2014

    Members to Vote on Tentative Agreement at US Airways

    The IAM announced it reached tentative agreements with US Airways on contracts covering approximately 11,000 mechanic and related, fleet service, maintenance training specialist and stock clerk employees. The three-year accords provide for substantial wage hikes, significant job security improvements and maintain industry-best healthcare benefits, among many other improvements. A ratification schedule is being developed. “We

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  • iMail , News June 12, 2014

    Ohio Local 1943 Members Ratify New Accord with AK Steel

    The Local 1943 Negotiating Committee helped secure a new three-year contract that holds the line on health care costs. From left, James Smith, Grand Lodge Representative; Steve Hollon, Committeeman; Neil Douglas, Local 1943 President and Directing Business Representative; Troy Witte, Committeeman; Tom Singhoffer, Local 1943 Vice President; Jason Black, Committeeman; Tim Combs, Committeeman; Shawn Coffey,

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  • iMail , News June 12, 2014

    Machinist Coal Haulers Strike Gold with New Contract

    IAM Local 684 members at Sydney Car Railway (SCR) in Sydney, Nova Scotia recently ratified a five-year collective bargaining agreement that will boost their pay more than 10 percent in the first year. The members consist of locomotive engineers, conductors and Maintenance of Way employees. “After nearly 16 years in my role as a General

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