The Small Parts
Local 2396 Negotiating Committee (left to right) Dale Knight, Jeff Nichols, Lynn Yonts and Kevin Bruce You can’t build a car, most kitchen appliances or even a computer without a fastener. So...
View ArticleTime Running Out to Save Job Corps Centers
At a time when the country is busy executing several major wildfire and hurricane recovery operations, the Department of Labor (DOL) Job Corps administration is set to close several facilities that...
View ArticleIAM Supports the Jones Act
IAM International President Bob Martinez sent a letter to members of the U.S. Senate opposing the exemption of Puerto Rico from the Jones Act, following the disastrous hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the...
View ArticleRetirees Stand with Those Targeted in Las Vegas
Senseless Violence Threatens the American Way of Life, Affects us All Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement regarding the terrorism in Las...
View ArticleU.S. House Votes to Slash $1.5 Trillion from Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare Eligibility Age Would Rise from 65 to 67 The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding today’s vote on the House’s...
View ArticleIMPORTANT NOTICE! Medicare – Open Enrollment Deadlines for 2017
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View ArticleYou Asked and GDA Got It!
The discounted Paris Hotel rates are now available through October 23rd. Guide Dogs of America’s 37th Annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet is November 18th. So get your playbook in order...
View ArticleWisconsin IAM Local 1564 Completes IAM Field Negotiation Prep Class
Members of the IAM Local 1564 Bargaining Committee complete the IAM Negotiation Preparation Field Program in preparation for upcoming negotiations with food and beverage container-maker Silgan in...
View ArticleSwissport Workers Overwhelmingly Vote for IAM Representation
Seeking improved working conditions, a better quality of life for their families and fairness on the job, 35 Swissport Fuelers and Dispatchers at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) this...
View ArticleMEDICAL EXAMINER QUITS THE MORGUE
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View ArticleFENTANYL IS NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF US OVERDOSE DEATHS
FENTANYL IS NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF US OVERDOSE DEATH The post FENTANYL IS NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF US OVERDOSE DEATHS appeared first on IAMAW.
View ArticleTHE DRUG INDUSTRY’S TRIUMPH OVER THE DEA
THE DRUG INDUSTRY’S TRIUMPH OVER THE DEA The post THE DRUG INDUSTRY’S TRIUMPH OVER THE DEA appeared first on IAMAW.
View ArticleA Daughter’s Heartwarming Letter to Her IAM Father
When IAM Midwest Territory Grand Lodge Representative Rick Mickschl, a second generation 37-year IAM member, sat down to check his inbox last September, he was moved by what he found. It was an email...
View ArticleSenate Passes Budget that Slashes Medicare and Medicaid, Offers More Tax...
The U.S. Senate voted 51-49 on Thursday to pass a budget that requires cuts of $473 billion from Medicare and about $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years. The measure is estimated to add...
View ArticleRailroad Retirement Benefits to Increase in 2018
Most railroad retirement annuities, like social security benefits, are scheduled to increase in January 2018 on the basis of the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the third quarter of 2016 to...
View ArticleUnion Plus Relief Information for Those Impacted by the California Wildfires
Grants are being offered to eligible members who have had a Union Plus credit card for 3 months, or participated in a Union Plus mortgage or one of the insurance programs for at least 12 months with...
View ArticleIAM manufacturing resolutions adopted at AFL-CIO Convention
IAM International President Robert Martinez, Jr. presented two key resolutions on the floor of the AFL-CIO’s 28th Constitutional Convention in St. Louis. The first, Resolution 24: Fighting Together for...
View ArticleVictory Lodge 1725 Committees Bake Together to Help Those in Need
Victory Lodge 1725’s Women’s, Human Rights and Young Workers Committees participated in the Charlotte Base Car Show on Oct 4,2016. Both committees worked together to host a bake sale at the event with...
View ArticleIAM Representatives Participate in Inaugural Aviation Career Day
On Saturday, IAM members from Districts 141 and 142 took part in the first-ever Aviation Career Day and Airport Open House event held just outside of Chicago, at Whiteside County Airport. The purpose...
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