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Fore! It’s that time of year again! The IAM L.L.971 22nd Annual Golf Tournament Dave Liebeck Memorial is just around the corner. On October 29th the greatest golfers will descend onto the Beautiful Indianwood Golf Club located in the rolling hills of Indiantown, Located on the reservation of the Wegotchasandtrap Tribe. Get Teed Off at 8:00am sharp. Don’t forget the Union Breakfast at 7:45.
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United Way Kick Off The 2011 United Way pledge drive started Oct. 3rd with an Agency Fair / Ice Cream Social in the Manufacturing and TAB cafeterias. Ice Cream was served up by professional scoopers Brothers Luc Pelletier and John Gall while employees visited displays of United Way Agencies from Palm Beach and Martin counties. Brother Rich Cotto greeted visitors to the IAM’s charity, Guide Dogs of America. In these poor economic times it is important that we all pull together to help our communities and neighbors. To donate to the Guide Dogs log on to the United Way’s e-way. Follow the instruction in the Q&A section on the web page. Remember, the person you could be helping could be one of our brothers and sisters. |
Scooper Luc serves up Brother Vic |
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Festival For Florida’s Future Are you ready to fight for Florida and the working class? Attend the Festival For Florida’s Future. It’s not just a rally. It’s also a learning and entertainment experience. There will be workshops such as Speaking to Power: Using your story and voice to fight back!, Tech Me Over: Online communication tools and resources, and more. Bring the kids. There will be rides and entertainment. The festival will be Saturday, June 4th, 10AM – 6PM at the Central Florida Fair Grounds, 4603 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando. Free admission, Live Music, Rides and games, Food sales or bring your cooler. Celebrate what it means to be a working Floridian with a day of activism, education and music! To RSVP or transportation information contact Ted Parsons @ 561 346-5241 or ted@unionspirt.org. |
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Local Lodge 971 Rally For Justice Members of Seminole Loge 971 joined the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 623 and several other unions on a picket line at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. 971 members showing up in their lime green Solidarity shirts helped form a line on Okeechobee Blvd. across the entire front of the Kravis Center. The March 4th rally also commemorates the day Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated while supporting the striking sanitation workers in Memphis. The IATSE members have been in a battle with the Kravis center for over 9 years when employees voted to organize. The union has won several labor board violation charges include the latest in which the Kravis Center has been ordered to pay nearly $3.6 million in gross back pay, interest and fringe benefits. Unfortunately the Kravis Center has ignored every ruling from the National Labor Relations Board. The rally was organized by the Palm Beach / Treasure Coast AFL-CIO. Similar rallies were held nation wide organized by the National AFL-CIO. IAM 971 participates were Rick Rose, Ken Minor, Bill Hales, Brent Bonar and John Gall. |
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Machinists President Responds to GOP War on Middle ClassMarch 10, 2011The following is a statement from IAM President Tom Buffenbarger in response to the move by the Wisconsin state Senate to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights: “Last night in Wisconsin, legislative process trumped democratic principles. Republican Senators voted 18 to 1 to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. It is a Pyrrhic victory and one the GOP will regret. “Now is not the time to get mad, but to get organized. In every state where the handmaidens of the hyper-rich try to strip us of our collective bargaining rights, we will mobilize for recalls, ballot initiatives and political campaigns. “If the Republican Party wants class warfare, they’ve got it. IAM members have watched the hyper-rich destroy their jobs and their communities with their unbridled greed. And the Fighting Machinists have been aching for this fight.”
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Tom Buffenbarger IAM International President |
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UNION MEETING Next Meeting Nov. 20th 7:00pm Old Town Hall Park, Town Hall Ave. - Jupiter Executive Board Meeting - 6:00pm Have A Happy Father's Day! |
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