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August 2019 Wrench & Wood Newsletter
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View ArticleTell Congress to Halt Vote on Proposed NAFTA 2.0 Pact Until It’s Fixed
We need your help, brothers and sisters! Please write your House member and tell them to oppose consideration of the proposed NAFTA 2.0 trade deal until it includes necessary provisions to thwart U.S....
View ArticleWRITE IN: Tell Congress to Pass PRO Act
We’re asking you to help us urge all House members to vote “yes” on the Protecting the Rights to Organize (PRO) Act. TAKE ACTION: Tell your member of Congress to vote “yes” on the PRO Act The PRO Act...
View ArticleCelebrating Contributions of Hispanic IAM Members
The IAM is proud of its role as a fierce advocate for Spanish-speaking working people. As Hispanic and Latinx populations grow in North America, the IAM has adapted to provide services to our Sisters...
View ArticleCelebrando las Contribuciones de los Afiliados Hispanos de la IAM
La IAM se enorgullece de su papel como un feroz defensor de los trabajadores hispanohablantes. A medida que las poblaciones hispanas y latinas crecen en América del Norte, la IAM se ha adaptado para...
View ArticleMilitary Therapists Take the Fight to Management: A Military and Family Life...
The joint nationwide MFLC organizing campaign by the Western Territory and the IAM Healthcare Department is proud to announce two more victories. The first at Ft. Benning, GA and the second at Ft....
View ArticleWorkers Wonder if Lost Roanoke’s FreightCar Jobs Will Roll to Mexico
“Seriously, what else would you call closing an American facility and opening one in Mexico six months later?” wrote Fred Owens, a third-generation worker at FreightCar America Roanoke and President of...
View ArticleRail Labor and Management Continue Calls For Increased Funding For Railroad...
A joint letter was written to Congress from the Rail Labor Division (RLD) of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) of which TCU is a member and the Association of American Railroads...
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TCU Member Publishes Op-Ed in Roanoke Times – Our Jobs ARE Going to Mexico
Fred Owens is a third-generation worker at FreightCar America Roanoke and President of The Transportation Communications Union (TCU), Carmen Division Local 6016. Since 2005, Roanoke residents have...
View ArticleDonating Life
IAM Transportation Local 1044 Member Michael Bukta wanted to donate his kidney to his best friend Chuck. It didn’t work out that way, but it worked out better. The post Donating Life appeared first on...
View ArticleA Railroad Tradition
Hornell, NY IAM Local 2741 members take pride in their work to build and refurbish trains that travel across the country. Now they are building the country’s first high-speed trains for Amtrak. The...
View ArticleTell the Senate to Support Repeal of So-Called ‘Cadillac Tax’
Thank you for helping us get the House to successfully pass the bipartisan Middle-class Health Benefits Tax Repeal of 2019. That 419-to-6 vote moves us closer to our goal of getting both the House and...
View ArticleStriking Local 708 Members Back to Work
“The members of Local 708 stood in solidarity and were able to obtain several gains in their agreement,” said Chief Negotiator Tyson Kelly. “We do not arrive at the bargaining table to negotiate...
View ArticleIAM Communications Department Wins Labor Journalism Honors
The IAM Communications Department has been recognized as one of the best communications teams in the labor movement by winning eight awards in the International Labor Communications Association’s 2019...
View ArticleIAM Journal – Winter 2019-2020
Sisters and Brothers, Perhaps the greatest part of being a member of our union is that it gives us all a voice in our future. As IAM members, we have the right—and responsibility—to stand up to...
View ArticleA True Machinist
When Jerry L. McCune walked into Vance Air Force Base in 1965, everything changed. Little did he know it was the first step of what would become his life’s work. And that nearly 50 years later, it...
View ArticleIAM Takes Active Role in CLUW Convention
Nearly 25 Machinists Union members made their voices heard at the 20th Biennial Convention of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) in Las Vegas last week. The theme for the convention was “Sisters...
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Donating Life
It was 4 a.m. when Michael Bukta rose from a deep sleep with a voice telling him to go see his friend Chuck. “He’s not going to say ‘no’ today, just go see Chuckie,” the voice said. Having never...
View ArticleIAM Urges House Passage of Bill to Reauthorize Export-Import Bank
The Machinists Union is urging passage of the United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 (H.R. 4863), which would sustain U.S. manufacturing and other strategic industries and improve the balance...
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Illinois IAM Local 313 Members Strike Laura Buick GMC to Protect Pension
In a trend seen across the nation, more than 50 mechanics and service advisors of IAM Local 313 walked off the job at the Laura Buick GMC auto dealership in Collinsville, IL Saturday after a 100...
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