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With news breaking at internet speed, the IAM offers a new way to stay current, video-on-demand on its web site. “Members want the latest news. Video-on-demand lets them watch the news at their convenience,” said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger.

More than 90 video clips were posted last year, an average of two per week, and the pace is picking up. For example, 2,000 viewers downloaded a streaming video message from Buffenbarger within hours of the September 11 tragedy.

By clicking on the “News” section of Goiam.org, members can see Breaking News ––  events as they happen, from the latest economic news to what’s going on at Capitol Hill ... IAMUnion features interviews with labor leaders and activists ... Third Shift contains in-depth reports about issues important to working families.

To view videos on the web, users need RealPlayer 8 (the latest version is RealOne, but it requires a newer computer) and a high-speed modem. Click here to download a free version of RealPlayer 8 Basic. Look for “Click here to download RealPlayer” at the bottom of the home page.

To run Real Player 8 Basic, PC users need a Pentium II or better processor and 32 megs of RAM.

Internet connections below 56 Kbps currently don’t have enough “broadband” or connection speed to handle videos smoothly, but that will change. “The broadband bottleneck will be broken in the next few years, making video-on-demand available to almost any computer user,” said IAM Communications Director Rick Sloan. “When the breakthrough comes, we’ll be ready for it.”