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INEQUALITY THE FOUR BIGGEST LIES by Robert B. Reich

Even though French economist Thomas Piketty has made an airtight case that we’re heading toward levels of inequality not seen since the days of the 19th-century robber barons, rightwing conservatives haven’t stopped lying about what’s happening and what to do about it.

Herewith, the four biggest right-wing lies about inequality, followed by the truth.

Lie No. 1: The rich and CEOs are America’s job creators. So we dare not tax them.

The truth is, the middle class and poor are the job creators through their purchases of goods and services. If they don’t have enough purchasing power because they’re not paid enough, companies won’t create more jobs and the economy won’t grow. We’ve endured the most anemic recovery on record because most Americans don’t have enough money to get the economy out of first gear. The economy is barely growing and real wages continue to drop. We keep having false dawns. An average of 200,000 jobs were created in the United States over the last three months, but huge numbers of Americans continue to drop out of the labor force.

Lie No. 2: People are paid what they’re worth in the market. So we shouldn’t tamper with pay.

The truth is, the facts contradict this. CEOs who got 30 times the pay of typical workers 40 years ago now get 300 times their pay not because they’ve done such a great job, but because they control their compensation committees and their stock options have ballooned. Meanwhile, most American workers earn less today than they did 40 years ago, adjusted for inflation, 2

not because they’re working less hard now, but because they don’t have strong unions bargaining for them. More than a third of all workers in the private sector were unionized 40 years ago; now, fewer than 7 percent belong to a union.

Lie No. 3: Anyone can make it in America with enough guts, gumption and intelligence. So we don’t need to do anything for poor and lowermiddle-class kids.

The truth is, we do less than nothing for poor and lower-middle-class kids. Their schools don’t have enough teachers or staff, their textbooks are outdated, they lack science labs, their school buildings are falling apart. We’re the only rich nation to spend less educating poor kids than we do educating kids from wealthy families. All told, 42 percent of children born to poor families will still be in poverty as adults -- a higher percent than in any other advanced nation.

Lie No. 4: Increasing the minimum wage will result in fewer jobs. So we shouldn’t raise it.

The truth is, in fact, studies show that increases in the minimum wage put more money in the pockets of people who will spend it -- resulting in more jobs, and counteracting any negative employment effects of an increase in the minimum. Three of my colleagues here at the University of California at Berkeley -- Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester and Michael Reich -- have compared adjacent counties and communities across the United States, some with higher minimum wages than others but similar in every other way. They found no loss of jobs in those with the higher minimums.

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The truth is, America’s lurch toward widening inequality can be reversed. But doing so will require bold political steps. At the least, the rich must pay higher taxes in order to pay for better-quality education for kids from poor and middle-class families. Labor unions must be strengthened, especially in lower-wage occupations, in order to give workers the bargaining power they need to get better pay.

And the minimum wage must be raised.

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Don’t listen to the right-wing lies about inequality. Know the truth, and act on it.

(Robert Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. His new film, “Inequality for All,” is now out on iTunes, DVD and Netflix.) http://youtu.be/9REdcxfie3M

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NATIONAL VIEW How do we sustain and improve our IAM contracts with a declining middle class and lower union density?

To read full report see: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/08/31/public-says-a-secure-job-is-the-ticket-to-the-middleclass/

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NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE Ira Gottlieb, Attorney for DL141: http://www.bushgottlieb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Top-10-Afforda bleCare-Act-Bargaining-Issues-for-Unions.pdf

William Donahue, Attorney: http://www.newtrendsinhealthcare.com/about-me/ IAMAW National Exchange for 700,000 members.

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THE “GREAT” EXPERIMENT

We are forced participants in this experiment within our industry

The Great Experiment is a well-orchestrated plan developed by “Airlines for America” (www.airlines.org) to help protect the interests of all the airlines in a single collective. The Airline Industry continues to merge and consolidate.

The graph below shows a continuing trend to force passengers to larger airports. The 2nd graph shows a 2007-2013 Essential Air Service Airlines increased by 19.7%. In 2013 the Department of Transportation paid $219.9 million in subsidies to airlines. “Small Community Grants” in 2013 paid out $411.4 million to 25 grants. Small communities use these grants to give airlines minimum revenue guarantees just to fly to their communities. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-454T

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Since 2007 we have seen a decline in airline capacity, at every level. The FAA Future Forecast Conference presented information from MIT that supports future growth in medium size aircraft. https://www.faa. gov/news/conferences_events/aviation_forecast_2010/agenda/media/AF%20William%20Swelbar.pdf

Regional Airlines Association (www.RAA.org) is also a player in the great experiment. The Department of Justice no longer has a definition of monopoly.

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Population shifts in the United States play a big part in air service, as the population shifts - so does flight schedules. (More reading on population shifts: http://247wallst.com/investing/2010/12/27/american-cities-that-arerunning-out-of-people/)

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Self-Service In the near future, facial recognition and retina scans will streamline security and aircraft boarding processes by 2018 The new self-service airports will reduce jobs by 50 percent. United Airlines just opened the BOS new terminal, with self-tagging and self-boarding facilities.

LHR Terminal 2 will be opening in June with all the Self-Servicing features.

Companies, such as SITA, are aggressively marketing their software solutions. Some of which we use already, that create a self-service journey for the passenger.

THINK DIFFERENT Strategy and thinking differently played a crucial part in David vs. Goliath. It’s when ordinary people confront powerful opponents. David refused to honor the ritual of close range battle he was a projectile warrior (artillery) and he used his skills to defeat Goliath.

We have many challenges, outsourcing, health insurance, technology, contract enforcement, domestic and global business strategies, labor laws, legislative, and each other.

Research - Communication Education - Organizing - Legislative Negotiations - Activism

The first order of business is to recognize that we are the small fish in a very large pond. It will be impossible to negotiate future contracts without utilizing all the tools available to us. Health Care is now becoming a national issue. Union Density continues to drop but we have added more than 18,000 new members in the last six years.

Outsourcing is a national issue but we have insourced thousands of jobs at United Express and United. We are lobbying the Senate and the House to stop outsourcing in the airline industry.

We all need to become Activists and take an active roll in protecting our future.

From “David and Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell http://www.amazon.com/David-Goliath-Underdogs-Misfits-Battling/dp/0316204366

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RESEARCH - JOB SECURITY 2000-2008: 43 locations closed, 12,000 members lost their jobs, thousands more bumped across the system. Super Severance was introduced during this time, but that is not enough, we have to do something different to save jobs.

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JOB SECURITY The merger required us to become one group, with equal treatment.

One seniority list and lifetime recall for all employees on the day of signing.

Job Security on UAX - this is a first, because the IAM is only certified to represent United Airlines employees.

For all United contracts: http://www.iam141.org/united/index.html For United Seniority Lists: http://contract.iam141.org/seniority.html

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ACTIVISM IAM Members continue to take time away from their families, turn down overtime to put their words into Action to make it better for us all.

They volunteer to attend Rallies, Protest, Informational Picketing, EAP-Safety-Union meetings, Conventions, Conferences, and Education Classes.

THANK YOU for thinking differently! http://iam141.org/messenger/index. html

ORGANIZING

As Union Density is at an all time low, DL141 is organizing more Airline workers.

DL141 has filed for representation at Spirit Airlines, and has active campaigns with Jet Blue and Virgin America.

COMMUNICATION Websites: www.iam141.org, www.contract.iam141.org, www.eap.iam141.org, www..iam141.org/messenger, www.iam141.org/education Updates: Sign up for DL141 updates emailed to you: http://www.iam141.org/contact/addmail.html Documents: All Contracts, IAMAW Constitution, DL141 By-Laws, Local Lodge meeting location, date and time and much more.

Shop Steward Resources: www.iam141.org/education, checklists, examples, basics and FAQ’s. Shop Steward monthly newsletter online.

Messenger: Printed and expanded online with links to research and resources of our most pressing topics. www.iam141.org/messenger Meetings/Conferences/Conventions: Providing tools to conduct Union business and stimulate discussion.

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LEGISLATIVE Each year at the IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, Machinist from across the United States come together to meet with their Representatives on issues that impact out membership.

The Machinist Non-Partisan League (MNPL) is completely funded by members’ contributions across the country. The money collected is used to lobby against groups like A4A and other corporate lobbyiists that have billions in funding available to destroy our livelihood.

Tom Harkin (D-IA) understood the strength of the union through his father and brother, who were both union members. As he nears retirement he was reflecting on his almost 40 years in Congress, “On every big legislative fight over the years, I may have been out front, but what carried the day was the passionate, relentless, unstoppable advocacy from the members of the IAM. This is a two-fisted, never-back-down, fighting union!”

Airlines for America is an association of every major airline in the United States and their sole pupose is to destroy unions and thier contracts.

Airlines for America is currently lobbying for a “Comprehenive Airline Policy” in Congress, which is code for, “We are job creators of “High-Quality, Middle-Class American Jobs” and give us tax breaks.” A4A has no track record of protecting any airline jobs, its record is to control cost.

LAX is being threatened by a lawsuit from Airlines for America, for revisions to the Certified Service Provider Program. http://www.dailybreeze.com/generalnews/20140501/change-in-labor-regulationfails-to-mollify-lax-airlines-and-contractors

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STEWARDSHIP

The Heart of a Union - Opey Dedon My story begins in Louisiana in 1979, I had just graduated high school and my brother and I begin working that summer as laborers for a industrial plant. There were many in Louisiana and we started out earning $12 per hour and thought life was pretty good. The work was grueling and tiring but you had the opportunity for advancement to pipe fitter or welder which would earn you about $20 per hour as an apprentice.

During this time, we would enter through a gate every morning and evening where a foreman monitored us to ensure we left on time every day so that no overtime was ever incurred.

Everything was business as usual for three weeks until one Thursday. A we left that evening the foreman was at the gate, but instead of his usual send off, he was rocking back in forth with his hands in his pockets. With a sense of pride, he smirked and said, “It passed! Tomorrow we are a right to work state now.” I remember having no idea what that meant, but I soon received an education of a lifetime.

When we arrived at work on Friday morning, the gate was locked and chained. They told us if we wanted our jobs we would only earn $10 per hour, not the $12 we had been earning. My brother said some things that would make a sailor blush and quite frankly, we can’t repeat. But, it foretold the truth of what was to come. I continued to work for another couple of weeks and every week they would continue to lower the pay. We went from $10 down to $8, and eventually to $6 per hour. I left at that point, I later found out that it was lowered again to just the minimum wage.

I tell this story because years later I befriended an LSU football fan in Vegas while watching an LSU vs. Oregon game. He bragged how he was so lucky to be, “making good money at $14 per hour.” To my astonishment, he was working at the same plant that I once worked in 1979, but it was now 2011.

In essence, those wages did not adjust for inflation. In today’s wages, he would be below the minimum wage.

I have been working for sCO and now, United, for almost 17 years. The whole time everyone continued to insist that we didn’t need a union. But I knew better, I would say, “No, you do need one – NOW.” I told them we needed representation now, as much as before. Now, after the merger, they agree with me. I got involved as a Shop Steward because of the injustices I have seen over the years. Many of my coworkers have asked me to become an EIT rep, but my response was always that I did not want to do something that I would not be proud of, or have no power in any decision handed down by management. Over the

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years, I’ve witnessed one member hitting a plane and not being reprimanded, while another member does the same thing and they get shown the door. The company tried to say it’s a grey area in one case, but the other situation was black and white – no room for grey at all.

My desire for a union has led me to be involved in many situations. One day, when I got off the bus to Terminal B in Houston, there were some folks handing out union cards at the entrance. I took a few to pass out while I was inside at B60. Within about five minutes I was in the AD’s office, the equivalent of a Managing Director, and they interrogated me for four hours.

Five members of management drilled and hounded me for four hours for my participation in passing out union cards. They kept telling me how much better it was not being union asking why I would want to destroy the company. I thought this was quite funny as the company had to agree to a contract before it was put into place. Even the company would say how wonderful it was when the pilots would reach their contract agreement.

I have been involved in a few altercations and been turned down for Team Lead, “Red Coat,” or Service Director, because of my involvement with the union. I have been pulled from flights that I was working so I could tell a supervisor to cease and desist their actions.

The company continues to try new harassment techniques.

I’ve been harassed for almost two hours for representing our membership. Another time, I was called into an office with three women and after an hour, one of the women became anxious because she had never been called into an office before. I assured her, they just called them in because of me and they were simply trying to cover their tracks of harassing me. Thirty minutes later they wanted to know why my youngest son wasn’t on my insurance, I asked them, “Would you have paid if I did have him on there?” Of course the answer was no, “So why are we here then?!”

Another time, a supervisor was harassing me about a union pin and I advised him to stop. I was called into the AD office and was told to sit down and explain why I was out of uniform.

I asked them what part of the uniform, as I was completely compliant with the policy. She kept saying, “You can’t wear that.” I would ask, “Can’t wear what?” We went round and round for almost 30 minutes about the union pin that she would never acknowledge. As she went to leave she said, “You’re not

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going to get me to say what it is.” She then told me I would have to go home and have a point taken away.

I became a Shop Steward because I did not want any of this to happen to anyone else.

I believe we can accomplish much by unionization. It will provide us with a Voice, which will level the playing field. We will be able to have better pay and benefits – which we deserve. That no one person should ever have to endure harassment for wanting fairness and equality for all.

In closing brothers and sisters, a threefold cord is not easily broken.

Let’s stay together, be together, and pull together as one and we shall accomplish a great deal more than being apart.

In solidarity Opey Dedon, Shop Steward This is why I wanted to be a shop steward as I did not want any of this to happen to anyone else.

EDUCATION

Education has been focusing on Informational Meetings with new members in large hubs, recruiting new members to take on the challenging role of Shop Steward, and conducting Shop Steward training for all work groups from GUM to RSW. Some advanced training has been conducted on a smaller scale for Local Lodge Officer Training, Joint Shop Steward and Management Meetings, and Advanced Shop Steward training.

The Education team has redesigned the Shop Steward and Advanced Shop Steward training to allow for more participation - role play is one of the new additions, to practice the management and Shop Steward relationship.

Mentoring is paramount to the development of new leaders. Our retirees are some of our best resources as they collectively have hundreds of years experience in Local Lodge procedure, the grievance process, negotiating, elections, arbitration, etc. We are very grateful to Al Carmona, Don Wilson, Ken Thiedie, and countless others for donating their time and energy in mentoring new members. As we have more and more of our experienced members retire we look to expand this pool to reach more members wishing to take on a leadership role in our growing District.

Currently under developement are online classes; to practice researching grievances, practice writing grievances, and review successful grievance practices.

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REMEMBER Recent retirees United Airlines

December 2013 Rolf Akandt ORDCG Steve Heston ORDCG Karen Archard HNLRR Mohammad Awaan IADCG Gary Jakus ORDCG Lee Bowen KOAOZ Jimmy Johnson IAHOO Richard Bundy ORDCG Fran Burke EWRAO Myra Krieger BWICS Benjamin Caldea ORDCG Whitey Lang MSYOO Gregory Carter ORDCG Jose Cecilio ORDCG Eduardo Lopez ORDCG Patricia Lutsc ORDCG William Davies ORDOO Lynn Mantegna ORDCS Caesar De Guzman ORDCG Cindy Mcgee IAHOO Michael Moriarty BDLOZ Bonnie Dumont ORDJL Syvalouis Nance IAHOO Frank Episcopo ORDCG Mark Newman DENCG Carlos Espinoza IAHOO Louis Pawlak ORDCG Parish Perlas ORDCG Mary Ann Fuentes ORDCS Joseph Perteit ORDCG Lloyd Gale ORDCG Martha Gallagher SLCRR Samuel Goin HNLOO William Powers ORDCG Steven Puellman STLOO Ann Suen HNLRR Constance Tracy BDLOZ Dave Schmidt BWIAO Denise Trasatti PDXCS Fred Turner ORDCG Samuel Tyler ORDCG Annette Wadyko JAXCS John Wielosinski ORDCG Chan-Le Williams ATLOO

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James Stewart ORDCG Dale Williams IAHCG Sherry Wolfe DENOZ January 2014 Larry Adams INDOO Hector Castillo SMFAO Bill Chicots PITCS Don Allen SEAAO Julie Almeida FLLAO Albert Ciccone CLECG Marc Alsop STLAO Susie Cobb LASOZ Evelyn Collazo FLLAO Hester Amie IAHCS Martha Cooley AUSOZ Jerome Anderson IAHCS Dick Costanza STLOZ David Arakawa OGGOZ Maria Critser SATAO Michael Arcuri EWRCG Valarie Dalfonzo DENCS Tam Asher CLEAO Rhonda D’Antignac AUSOZ Bob Astley COSOZ John August JFKCG Violeta Dejesus SFOCS Jack Barham ORDCG George Delvalle DENCG

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Robert Barrientos SFOCS Carl Denner DCACS Sylviane Belanger YYCAO Edilio Diaz MIAOO Veronica Benekin EWRAO Manuel Diaz IAHOO Annabell Bernstein SFOCS Linda DiGiannantonio JFKCS William Betz PHXOZ Todd Doese FSDOZ Johnetta Beverley ATLCS Carol Doyle FLLAO Chela Dreier SFOJJ Mark Bishop CMHOZ Harold Drumright ICTCS Diane Dunlap DTWRR Sam Blackman PHXAO Mary Blair ABQOZ Christine Edwards CLEAO Dean Blume PHXOZ Joan Elkington SMFCS Pat Bond PHXAO Charles Ellis CLTOZ Ardis Bowker SEACS James Elzy MCOCG Rose Brady Cohen JFKCS Linda Bredt SLCRR Pauline Fedorow EWRAO Jim Brendel SEACS Sue Brown LASOZ John Brozko BOSCS Fulvio Fornini EWRCS Teresa Bulger LASOZ Dixie Frazier SNAOZ Nancy Byrd GSOOZ Lilian Free IAHJJ Jim Cahill SEAOO Helen Freeborn SNAOZ Connie Camp DENCS George Fung SFOCS Barbara Casamassina PHXOZ Connie Garcia Popham PHXOZ Hiroko Caster SFOCS Anthony Gatchalian SFOCS Lorraine Gerken CHIBD Stephen Kostopoulos BOSCG Pam Krickler CLEAO Carl Kuczynski EWRCG Billy Gibson IAHCS John Kuro ORDOO Thomas Giolito BOSCG Judy Langdale LGACS Lee Goodwin ELPAO

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Susie Le Fevers PHXOZ Pat Goodwin SATOO John Le Fevers PHXOZ Donn Gordon BILOZ Judy Lee SFOCS Iso Gotay LASOZ Philip Lee SEACS Arlean Green JFKCS Jeff Gwinn SATOO Lascelles Llewellyn BDLOZ Robert Hackett DENJL Martin Lochmiller SFOCS Joe Look SMFCS Diann Loretti ABQAO Belinda Herman CLEAO Jackie Lynn SEAAO Gary Higgins WHQAO Patricia Mac Donald TPACS Mike Hill SATOO Paul Macklin SEACS William Hill SFOCG Iris Magee CLEAO Jerry Holden LASOZ Dicksen Mah SFOCG Anne Mainville LIHOZ Maria Homolova EWRCS Brenda Malbrough LVNBS Stephen Hood PHXOZ Mark Manning DENCG Paul Huffman STLOZ Gregory Mast PHXAO James Mc Guire JFKCG Barbara McBride PHXOZ Masato Inoue SFOCS Mandy McClain KOAOZ Flo Jackson NHCRR Muriel Mcclure LVNBS Martha Jenkins BDLOZ Jeanne McGann PHXOZ Kenneth Jorde FSDOZ Orson Kahoopii HNLCG Grant Kane SFOJJ Gary Meade CVGOZ Yoginder Kapoor SFOJL John Mederios BOSCG Wanna Keeratisak DCACS Ronald Mickle MCIOZ Jan Kennedy LVNBS Judith Mills LASOZ Marilyn Miranda TPACS Kevin Kerr SEACS Robert Moore DENCG Timothy Killeen SFOJE

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January 2014 (continued) Stephanie Morton LASOZ Diane Mueller SFOCS Judy Newell ALBOZ Regina Kirkpatrick SFOCS Jacqueline Klanchar PITCS Patricia Nolan SFOCS Jean Kline MDTOZ Francis Novak STLOZ Gerald Kloss DENCG Thomas Knapp AUSOZ Helen Otakan LASCS Louisa Knoerle STLAO Yvonne Pargett Stephenson KOAOZ Tina Knudson SFOCS Haesook Park JFKCS Daniel Pastore LAXJL Linda Stawicki ABQOZ Mohan Patel EWROO Gary Strempel CLEAO Francis Sullivan SATOZ Augusto Peredo IADCG Jenny Taherian DCACS Annette Perez-Howski AUSOZ Richard Tanzella KOAOZ Robert Taylor AUSOZ Ronielee Pflug CLECS Vicki Taylor AUSOZ Nancy Pflug CLECS Mike Pingel PHXOZ Teri Thomas CLEAO Aundria Pinkney AUSOZ Robert Toyama SFOOO Deborah Troup AUSOZ Lynn Pollock SEAAO Tommy Posa BDLOZ Rick Ulrich JAXOZ Afsi Pourmomtaz SFOCS Nilo Umadhay SFOCG Merilyn Punzalan GUMAX Gildo Vardaro JFKCG Pat Vaughn EWRAO Tom Ramsey GEGOZ Frank Rauch LASOZ Pamela Vita SFOCS

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Dan Rehmann SEACS Johny Richardson AUSOZ Janet Vossler LASOZ Vern Ripley CLEAO Jill Wagner BDLOZ Kimberly Robinson BOSCS Joseph Wajgel LASOZ Alberto Romero SFOCS Susan Waldhoff AUSOZ P Warehime SEACG Gary Watanabe OGGOZ Joyce Watson CLECS Ray Weaver IAHCS David Scanson BILOZ Sally Schiman MCOOZ Nancy Schmucki CLEAO Richard Schroeder CMHOZ Mei Williams SEACS William Seim IADCG Maureen Wilson SFOCS Marie Wilson CLEAO Paula Serfozo SATAO Nancy Wittendorfer SEACS Jamie Shapiro CLEAO Tyrone Wollaston IAHCS Eva Wong SFOCS Jim Shelton TPACS Bob Wong ORDOO William Skala LASOZ Buddy Wright IAHCS Nancy Skaperdas GSOOZ Leslie Yang OGGOZ Michael Smith DCACS Veronica Smith SEACS

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Farid Zamani SANAO Lea Ann Spoden SATAO Marlys Zedalis SEACS Sophia Zinnel LASOZ

February 2014 Patricia Hosey-Pimento NHCRR Mary Hounshell DENJL Allen Jones MSYOO Muhamer Cami EWRCG Ellen Caraballo NHCRR Michael Carr SEACG John Ciepiela BOSCG Joseph Marushin MSPCG Wanda Mc Wills DTWRR Shirley Paige NHCRR Lyle Petitfils MSYOO Tim Doughty PHLOO

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Laura Preussel DSMOZ Maria Fraga IADCS Daniel Raciak MCOCG Carlos Recalde SFOJJ Frank Friedman MSYOO John Frye IADCG Jose Romero SFOJJ Clifton Furukawa HNLJL Robin Gacke ORDCS Aron Garcia MFEOO Danny Garza AUSOO Stephen Sheil RICOZ Manuel Halog IAHOO James Shrader DSMOZ Dennis Stebbins ALBOZ David Hoops LAXCG Anne Tippets DENJL Diane Tolbert-Sanders EWROO

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Mira Andjelkovic ORDJL JoAnn Blackmon EWRCG Cris Blehar IAHAO Kevin Comaskey HNLRR Sylvia Crafton GUMAO Julian Czarnecki ORDCG Terrence Davis ORDCG Art Diaz IAHOO Chris Dreier SFOJJ Vicki Freeman TULOZ Faye Fujii HNLCS Karen Gee OGGOZ George Greer HNLCG Mark Hussey BOSOZ Jerry Jones SMFCG Mary Lay ORDAO William Lefferts SFOJJ Joe Lovitt PNSOZ Maria Major GSOAO Thomas McCabe LGAOZ Raul Mendez SFOJL Antonio Navarro ORDCG Kathleen Oliver NHCRR Tami Rieg TPAAO Carly Seipel IAHAO Karen Smolar SEAJL Wanda Suarez ORDCS David Tovar CHIRR Audley Vaughan LGACG Mirko Vukotic LAXCG Sara Wakayama HNLCS Sam Waller MCIOO Sandra Walton LASOZ

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Hawaiian Airlines

Vincent W. Kenney Customer Svc Anovale Lulu Ramp Agent Albert K. Serikaku Cleaner Constantine T. Gomes Cleaner Desiree L. Kalilikane Customer Svc Attie Millare Ramp Agent Alan Hashimoto Ld Contract Svc Brian T. Nakashima Cleaner Linda Eyestone Contract Svc

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Recent retirees US Airways Retirees

Philippine Airlines Retirees

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Obituaries Hawaiian Airlines

Keith K. Nako HNL Customer Svc Agent

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Obituaries US Airways Obituaries

None reported

Obituaries Philippine Airlines Obituaries

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Obituaries United Airlines Obituaries

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Official Publication of District 141, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

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Editor-in-Chief – Rich Delaney Executive Editor – Dave Atkinson Managing Editor – Tracey Wagstaff District 141 Communication Director – Tracey Wagstaff District 141 Communication Coordinator – Dave Lehive Layout & Design – Mike Mancini and Tracey Wagstaff

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HIGHLIGHTS

1. Inequality The four biggest lies by Robert Reich 6. The “Great” Experiment 14. Activism

Members from US Airways, United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines bring issues to the public and Government

16. Organizing

As Union density is at an all time low, DL141 is different

18. Stewardship What it takes to be a Shop Steward 20. Remember Listing of retired Members; Obituaries

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