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News November 6, 2009

Remarks by R. Thomas Buffenbarger at the No Limits Public Policy Conference

Thank you for that kind introduction. Barney and I disagree about lots of things – Sarbannes-Oxley’s impact on corporate boards, the Boy Scouts of America, the Red Sox and bank bailouts. But we are in total agreement on this: He’s got one smart, savvy and tenacious sister: Ann Lewis. And without Ann, none of us

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News May 15, 2009

Remarks by Tom Buffenbarger, International President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at the National Labor College, Silver Spring, MD

May 15, 2009 Over 28.5 million Americans are now unemployed, involuntarily working part-time or want a job but cannot find one. To me, that is a national disgrace. A week ago, the Department of Labor released its unemployment statistics for April, 2009. It reported that 13.7 million Americans were unemployed. Another 8.9 million were reported

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News October 3, 2008

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News May 22, 2007

Remarks of IP Buffenbarger to the Day of Action

Brothers and Sisters, welcome to this Day of Action. And it is a day of action, a day of protest, a day to unequivocally say to the President of the United States:  ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. You’re going to hear from impressive speakers this afternoon. So, I will be brief. Never in the long history of

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News August 30, 2006

Buffenbarger – Remarks to the Firefighters Convention

Thank you, Harold, for that generous introduction.  You and General Secretary-Treasurer Vinnie Bollon not only are leading one of North America’s greatest unions but you throw one hell of a convention! This is spectacular.                        The IAM Convention will be held here in this very hall from September 9th to September 14th, 2012. By then, the

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