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iMail for Thursday, February 21, 2012

National Union of Healthcare Workers and IAM Form Partnership in First Move toward Potential Affiliation

The IAM along with the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) released a joint statement today indicating both unions have signed a letter of intent concerning a potential affiliation of NUHW with the IAM.

Ohio Unarco Workers Win IAM Representation

Twenty eight employees at Unarco Material Handling, Inc. in Pandora, OH, voted to join the IAM.

Join the Voting Rights March From Selma to Montgomery

The AFL-CIO released a flyer announcing the five-day march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama, on March 4-9, 2012.

“Brotherhood Outdoors” TV Series into Second Season

The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance TV series “Brotherhood Outdoors” is now into its second season of exciting episodes showing union men and women on hunting and fishing adventures of a lifetime, all across North America. The unique show was awarded the 2011 Sportsman Choice Award as best combination show (hunting and fishing).

iMail for Thursday, February 16, 2012

IAM Wins NMB Appeal - Voting Rights Restored at United

The National Mediation Board (NMB) ruled today that nearly 1,000 current IAM members whom United Airlines was seeking to remove from the voter eligibility list have the right to vote in the Passenger Service and Reservation election.

GOP Demanding Diplomas, Drug Tests for Unemployed

Millions of jobless Americans are - yet, again - slated to lose their unemployment benefits if Congress fails to extend benefits before February 29, 2012.

IAM Welcomes New Orleans Aircraft Maintenance Workers

A determined group of aircraft maintenance workers employed at the Strategic Technologies Institute at the Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base in New Orleans, LA voted overwhelmingly for the IAM recently.

Privatization Measure Threatens Amtrak Jobs

More than 2,000 Amtrak workers could lose their jobs if the House version of the Surface Transportation Bill (H.R. 7) is passed into law. At a time when Amtrak ridership is at record highs, privatizing those positions will adversely affect service, safety and security on every train.

Deadline Approaching for IAM Scholarship Competition

The deadline to apply for a 2012 IAM Scholarship Award is fast-approaching. Applications must be postmarked no later than February 24, 2012 to be considered.

Date limite s’approche rapidement pour le Concours de bourses de l’AIM pour 2012.

iMail for Tuesday, February 14, 2012

‘Special Treatment’ for U.S. Manufacturing?

Do manufacturers need special treatment? Not only do they need it – they deserve it, says IAM Communications Director Rick Sloan and Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation, in an op-ed published on The Huffington Post.

IAM Urges Obama to Veto Flawed FAA Bill

Calling it “deeply flawed” and “a capitulation that upsets carefully balanced safeguards that have long existed in the Railway Labor Act,” IAM President Tom Buffenbarger urged President Obama to veto the “FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.”

United Airlines Attacks Workers’ Voting Rights

With less than two weeks before votes are counted in the representation election for nearly 18,000 Passenger Service and Reservation Employees at United Airlines, the National Mediation Board (NMB) ruled that nearly 1,000 United/Continental employees are ineligible to vote in the election that will conclude on February 21.

Machinists Reach Tentative Deal with Air Canada

The IAM, representing Technical Maintenance and Operation Support workers employed at Air Canada, have reached a tentative agreement with the carrier.

Special Edition iMail for Monday, February 13, 2012

Cervantes to be Special Assistant to the GST

General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., today announced the appointment of Dora Cervantes as a Special Assistant to the General Secretary-Treasurer effective March 1, 2012.

iMail for Thursday, February 9, 2012

Sign Petition to Veto FAA Bill

Awaiting the President’s signature is a deeply-flawed FAA Reauthorization bill that will harm air and rail workers' rights to form unions and, in the case of mergers, endanger current union members’ bargaining rights.

TAKE ACTION: Click here to sign a petition on the White House website urging President Barack Obama to veto any FAA Reauthorization bill which includes provisions that endanger workers' contracts and the right to unionize.