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7/28/2010 10:47 AM
After spending tens of millions of dollars trying to kill the new health care reform law, the nation’s big health insurance companies now are "sparing no expense to weaken this new law and the protection it promises to America’s consumers," says Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).
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7/27/2010 2:41 PM
President Obama signed the unemployment insurance extension bill that had been blocked by Republican Senators protesting the termination of tax breaks for the top 2 percent. The legislation will get jobless benefits flowing once again to more than 2.5 million long-term jobless workers who were cut off due to GOP filibusters.
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6/30/2010 8:44 AM
 To recognize the diversity of our Union’s members in their jobs and community activities, we are launching the new SMWIA Photo Call to all active and retired members in good standing.
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6/29/2010 8:03 PM
Every major construction project at the Port of Los Angeles soon will be built under a master Project Labor Agreement. The master agreement, which will be part of the packet whenever the port seeks bids on a big contract, is expected to be drafted and sent back to the harbor commission for final approval as soon as the end of summer.
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6/29/2010 3:39 PM
Last Saturday June 26th was the day of the 2010 Commencement Exercises at the National Labor College. Sixteen SMWIA members received their degrees, they being tied for the most graduates with the IAM.
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By host on
6/29/2010 12:22 PM
A federal court upheld new democratic voting procedures for workers in the airline and rail industries who want to form unions. Earlier this year, the National Mediation Board (NMB) issued a new rule that says air and rail union elections must be decided by a majority of votes cast.
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By host on
6/29/2010 12:05 PM
The current economy is “not normal,” unemployment affects different groups of people than it did before, and the recovery – in terms of the joblessness numbers – will take longer than it did in prior slumps, the Labor Department’s top economist says.
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6/29/2010 11:56 AM
Calling workers “frustrated, anxious and angry” about “an economy that doesn’t work for them,” AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka says unions’ mission this election year is to “channel” the anger in a positive direction.
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6/26/2010 10:46 PM
“Meeting the needs of engineers and building owners” and “easy solutions to NFPA standards” were the buzzwords at the 2010 ICB/TABB Conference, held May 2-8 in San Jose, California.
More than 100 attendees rubbed elbows with experts from the sheet metal and air conditioning industry while participating in seminars and workshops designed to educate them on the benefits of becoming certified ICB/TABB professionals in today’s challenging marketplace.
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By host on
5/28/2010 11:14 AM
The SMWIA strongly supports the advancement of education throughout the unionized section of the sheet metal industry to assure full participation in an expanding world economy.
Every year, the SMWIA awards union members and their families with $4,000 annual scholarships ($16,000 total) through the SMWIA Scholarship Fund and $2,000 per year scholarships through the SMWIA Scholarship Foundation. The scholarships are awarded based on each applicants academic achievement along with an essay they are required to write which is reviewed by a selecttion committee.
The SMWIA would like to extend its congratulations to the award recipients who are listed
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