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  • News , Southern April 10, 2020

    It Runs in Our Veins

    Keeping Americans safe seems to run in the veins of IAM members at Fort Rucker in Alabama. Before COVID-19, it was maintaining U.S. Army training helicopters. Today, it’s about producing thousands of face masks to protect the workers and their families who call this base home.

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  • iMail , Legislative Events , News , Politics & Legislation , Southern March 19, 2020

    Machinists Help Secure Bipartisan Support for F-35 Program

    The IAM recently helped secure bipartisan congressional support for continued investment in the F-35 program. The funding is part of the Fiscal Year 2021 defense authorization and appropriations bills. The Defense Department’s budget request had called for less investment in the F-35 program.

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  • iMail , News , Southern March 10, 2020

    Machinists Step Up to Help Those in Need

    In a matter of just a few minutes, but what felt like hours to some, thousands of people in Nashville area lost everything in the early morning of March 2, 2020 when a powerful tornado ripped across middle Tennessee, hitting speeds of nearly 165 mph and devastating everything in its path. At least 25 people

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  • iMail , News , Southern March 3, 2020

    The Ladies of Coosa Pines

    In 1999, the women of Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union (FCU) in Childersburg, AL knew there was a better option. Week after week, the papermill workers in town would cash their checks and talk about their union.

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  • iMail , News , Southern February 6, 2020

    Taking a Stand

    Ramon Murrain Benjamin and Benson Morton, two employees working at what now is Heavy Materials, LLC in the Virgin Islands, a subsidiary of U.S. Concrete, can tell you that being part of the IAM changed their lives.

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