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Friday, June 17, 2005

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Labor issues you care about in streaming video
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Candle
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"Candle" pierces the darkness surrounding the SEIU's reason for splitting the labor movement.

A Job-loss Recovery
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Long-term joblessness continues to grow even though unemployment rates are falling.

U.S. Debt Means More Than $7.7 Trillion
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The national debt is growing, but little has been mentioned of the $7.7. trillion U.S. debt.

A Job-loss Recovery
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Long-term joblessness continues to grow even though unemployment rates are falling.

Bush Continues Privatization Crusade
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President Bush is back on the road again, attempting to sell his private account scheme. Send a message to your congressional leader.

Bush Fails to Get Tough On China
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The Bush Administration has declined to accuse China of currency manipulation, but then added it was likely to do so if China does not change its policy.

Video: Act Now and Join the Pension Fight
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Join the pension fight, contact Congress and urge their support of H.R. 2327.


Mind Games
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Playing with the American Labor Movement like it was a chess game, dissident union leaders are playing a dangerous game.

Bombs Bursting In Air
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Last week, Senator Hillary Clinton forced the Pentagon to admit that North Korea could place a nuclear warhead on a missile. On May 1, 2005, North Korea test fired a short missile into the Sea of Japan. This Bombs Bursting In Air video was created in May 2001 to educate IAM members about the proposed National Missile Defense System.

In Remembrance of Our Fallen Brothers and Sisters
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Family and friends gathered on April 28th at the William W. Winpisinger Center to remember those who lost their lives in the workplace.






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Urgent Notice About Improper National Security Personnel System Meetings

It appears that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld is trying to circumvent national union representatives and hold improper discussions about the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). Rumsfeld has called a meeting for June 23rd in his office of select union leaders from states with key military installations.

If any IAM or IAM/NFFE local or district representatives are invited to this meeting, please call IAM Government Employees Director Frank Carelli immediately at (301) 776-0102.

“It is very important that IAM representatives do not respond to any Department of Defense meeting request until after discussing the matter with our Department,” said Carelli. “If IAM representatives attend, the DoD will use this meeting to justify its unfair behavior in implementing NSPS.”

The Department of Defense (DoD) has been trying for the last year to implement NSPS, which will undermine the civil service protections of more than 700,000 civilian employees. NSPS is a blatant attempt to bust the unions that represent workers at DoD. The Bush administration plans to implement NSPS throughout the federal government once the DoD system goes through.

The IAM is part of a 36-union coalition, the United Defense Workers Coalition (UDWC) to fight the NSPS program. The UDWC just concluded the meet and confer process with Pentagon leaders. UDWC members voiced strenuous objections to NSPS and how it is being implemented, including a lawsuit alleging DoD overstepped its Congressional authority in implementing NSPS.

 


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