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  • Press releases July 1, 2009

    Machinists Leaders to Press for Far Reaching Industrial Policy

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C., July 01, 2009 – Newly installed leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today pledged an all-out effort to combat the economic hypothermia that is gripping industrial North America. “We need an economic policy aimed at making North America the global economic powerhouse for the next

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  • Press releases June 3, 2009

    Unions Consider Upgrades for U.S. House of Labor

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C., June 03, 2009 – Leaders from twenty-three U.S. labor unions, representing three-fifths of the AFL-CIO, took part this week in a two-day conference organized by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) to consider changes that would dramatically reshape and revitalize the 54-year old AFL-CIO. “We focused on

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  • Press releases May 8, 2009

    Machinists Applaud Presidents Vocational Training Initiative

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Washington, D.C., May 8, 2009 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today welcomed the education and re-training proposals outlined by President Barack Obama following the news that the U.S. economy lost another 539,000 jobs in April. “Not only does the president’s proposal bring hope to more than 25

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  • Press releases April 3, 2009

    Machinists Union Calls for Second Stimulus for Manufacturing Sector

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C., April 03, 2009 – On the heels of today’s historic unemployment numbers, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is calling for immediate aid to the nation’s gasping manufacturing sector. “Today’s unemployment numbers are egregious,” said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. “More Americans are out of work than

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  • Press releases February 25, 2009

    Machinists Union Applauds Obama Career Training Proposal

    Washington, D.C., February 25, 2009 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today applauded President Barack Obama’s remarks about the need for lawmakers and educators to work together to give Americans the vocational training they will need to survive and thrive in the new economy. In a frank and detailed speech to a

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