Fighting Back Against Delta
A fired Delta Air Lines worker is fighting back after the carrier fired her for publicly supporting the IAM’s union organizing drive. The post Fighting Back Against Delta appeared first on...
View ArticleIAM Appoints McKinnon to Help Fight Plant Closings
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. announced the appointment of Matt McKinnon to serve as Special Assistant to the International President. McKinnon will focus on battling poorly...
View ArticleIAM Members Taking Advantage of Free College Benefit
Education is the key to a strong labor movement and no one understands that more than Machinists Union members. More than 1,500 people have registered at Eastern Gateway Community College through the...
View ArticleUnions at American Airlines Laud Bill Protecting Aviation Careers and...
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 10, 2019 – Four large unions representing more than 70,000 workers at American Airlines applauded Rep. Peter DeFazio for introducing H.R. 3632, the Fair and Open Skies Act, to...
View ArticleIAM Rallies To Protect Retirement Security
IAM members, other labor unions and retirement security supporters rallied on Capitol Hill in support of the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 (H.R. 397), better known as the Butch...
View ArticleMachinists Union Applauds Rejection of General Electric’s Concessionary...
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) General Vice President Brian Bryant issued the following statement in response to IUE-CWA’s members’ rejection of the General...
View ArticleIAM Urges Repeal of So-Called ‘Cadillac Tax’
The IAM is urging members of Congress to support the bipartisan Middle-Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal of 2019, H.R. 748. This vital legislation, introduced by U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and...
View ArticleRegistration is Open for the Local Lodge History Project, October 13-18
Is the anniversary of your Local Lodge or a significant event in its history coming up? Have you ever wanted to research your Local Lodge’s history and share that history with the membership or your...
View ArticleEnrollment Deadline Approaching for the IAM Retirees Education and Strategy...
There is still time to enroll in the IAM Retirees Education & Strategy Program held September 22-27, 2019 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD....
View ArticleRegal Beloit Stonewalls Negotiations with Machinists Union Workers on Strike...
Regal Beloit Manufacturing continues to stonewall negotiations with IAM Local 2018 members on strike in Valparaiso, IN. This after the more than 130 members voted – an overwhelming 99 percent – to...
View ArticleIAM Mourns the Loss of GLR Avila
The Machinists Union family lost one of its own on July 12, 2019 with the passing of Grand Lodge Representative Y. Steven Avila, 50. “Steve was a good friend and brother to many of us at the Machinists...
View ArticleMachinists’ Part of the First Moon Walk, and Beyond
Fifty years ago today, the Apollo 11 crew was speeding through the 240,000-mile space flight, placing the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969. The Machinists Union inked its part in NASA’s epic...
View ArticleRep. Visclosky to Join Machinists Union Strike Rally at Regal Beloit in...
Valparaiso, Indiana, July 18, 2019 – Indiana Rep. Pete Visclosky will join more than 130 members of Machinists Union Local 2018 for a strike rally at Regal Beloit Manufacturing on Friday, July 19,...
View ArticleIAM Urges Congress to Act on Behalf of Federal Workers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned a lower court ruling blocking the implementation of three controversial Executive Orders taking aim at federal employee unions.The Executive...
View ArticleCongress Votes to Raise Wages for 33 million Americans
The 2019 Raise the Wage Act (H.R. 582), historic legislation that would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025, passed in the House of Representatives. According to the Economic Policy...
View ArticleCongress Votes to Repeal So-Called ‘Cadillac Tax’
The bipartisan middle-class Health Benefits Tax Repeal of 2019, H.R. 748, passed in the House of Representatives with a 419-to-6 vote. This important piece of legislation will now head to the U.S....
View ArticleCBS News affiliate interviews TCU’s Kevin Loftin on PSR, train safety
On Tuesday, Salt Lake City’s KUTV CBS News local affiliate published an investigative news piece on Union Pacific’s Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) model and its impact on safety, including the...
View ArticleBARGAINING SURVEYS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL CLERICAL AND CARMEN LOCAL CHAIRPERSONS...
TCU/IAM and its Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division, together, are in the process of preparing our National Freight Section 6 Notices to be served in November on the national rail carriers for the...
View ArticleDon’t Be Greedy: Buddy Passes are Not a Side Hustle
As airline employees, one of the best perks of our jobs is the ability to fly everywhere for free or cheap. If we mention the type of work we do in a casual conversation, it will surely prompt an...
View ArticleIndiana IAM Local 2018 Members Rally for Affordable Health Care, Higher Wages
Hundreds of members of IAM Local 2018, joined by U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, rallied outside the Regal Beloit plant in Valparaiso, IN Friday for more affordable health insurance and higher wages, as...
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