Enroll in the IAM Young Machinists Training Program
Millennials are our future and research shows they are the driving force in advocating workplace change. The IAM embraces the ever-increasing influence young workers have on public policy and social...
View ArticleRoman Mayfield, A True Trade Unionist
Below is an article provided by IAM District 751 and was originally posted in 2009. We are reissuing it today in honor of Black History Month. The IAM lost a true hero and friend when brother Roman...
View ArticleDeadline Extended for Federal Employees Collective Bargaining Program
The Machinists Union will conduct a Federal Employees Collective Bargaining program April 29–May 4, 2018 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The enrollment...
View ArticleBlack Labor History on this Week’s Activate L!VE
Charlie Micallef, retired Director of the IAM Retirees, Community Service and EAP Departments, joined this week’s program to talk about past struggles to bring black workers into the established union...
View ArticleIAM Florida Sugar Workers Visit Capitol Hill
IAM Florida Sugar Workers made a visit to Capitol Hill this week to highlight the importance of sugarcane farming to the nation’s economy. IAM Florida Sugar Workers jobs include every part of the...
View ArticleKansas City Members at Harley Standing Up to Company
IAM Local 176 members in Kansas City, Mo. are asking questions of how their employer, Harley-Davidson, decided to shutter its facility there by early 2019. The closure affects 572 Machinists Union...
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Trump budget guts Amtrak long distance…again
Source: NARP.org For the second year in a row, President Trump’s budget calls for Amtrak funding to be cut in half. This year’s budget again asks to cut funding from the current $1.495 billion to $738...
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Amtrak will suspend service if PTC not installed by year’s end
Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson testifying on February 15th to House Railroads Subcommittee hearing on PTC implementation. On Thursday, Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson told the House Railroads Subcommittee...
View ArticleAmtrak Agreement Update – Still Time to Vote
Just a little over a week to go. Get your ballot in. Ballots are due by February 27, 2018. Any member who has not received a ballot should contact TCUTA@tcunion.org. In order to be received by the...
View ArticleYour Union Membership Gets You a College Education Without the Cost
You read that right. Your union is now offering a Free College Benefit to members and their families. The IAM is excited to announce the new free college benefit available to Machinists Union members...
View ArticleRegister Now! Basic Communicator Class Deadline is March 9
Registration is now open for the May 6-11 Basic Communicator Class held by the IAM’s Communication Department. The last Communicator Class filled up quickly, so get registered now in order to secure...
View ArticleJoin Us at the Working People’s Day of Action
The Supreme Court will soon hear a case that will have a big impact on our voice at work. That’s why working people across the country are making a clear stand to keep the freedoms that we’ve fought...
View ArticleIAM/Lockheed Martin Negotiations Update
According to an article published in the Washington Post this week, Lockheed Martin’s largest customer is the U.S. Government. “Of Lockheed Martin’s $51 billion in sales last year, nearly 70 percent,...
View ArticleMissouri Lawmakers Urge Harley-Davidson to Reconsider Closing Kansas City Plant
Missouri U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, and Congressmen Sam Graves and Emanuel Cleaver II joined together to urge Harley-Davidson to reconsider plans to close its assembly plant in...
View ArticleIAM Members Endorse Incumbent Grand Lodge Officers
Machinists Union members have completed the endorsement process for the election of Grand Lodge Officers. The results from the DOL-supervised election are that over 770 IAM Local Lodges endorsed the...
View ArticleSending Solidarity to Minnesota Machinists at Electrolux
IAM International Bob Martinez traveled to Minnesota this weekend to deliver a message of solidarity to more than 900 IAM Local 623 members in St. Cloud. Electrolux, a Sweden-based freezer and...
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Like the IAM Federal Workers Facebook Page
IAM and NFFE-IAM members in the federal sector have a new forum to discuss, share and highlight their issues online. Like the IAM Federal Workers Facebook page. The page aims to mobilize and inform...
View ArticleEl programa de Español de Winpisinger se Destacó en El Tiempo Latino de DC
El Programa de Liderazgo en español del IAM en el Centro de Educativo William W. Winpisinger fue el tema de esta semana en el periódico preeminente en español de Washington D.C., El Tiempo Latino. Lea...
View ArticleWinpisinger Spanish Program Highlighted in D.C.’s El Tiempo Latino
The IAM’s Spanish Leadership Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center was the topic this week in Washington D.C.’s preeminent Spanish language newspaper, El Tiempo Latino....
View ArticleSave the Date: Machinists Union Aerospace Conference on Sept. 10-14
If you are an IAM member working in the aerospace industry, you won’t want to miss out on the Machinists Union Aerospace Conference September 10-14, 2018 held in Ft. Worth, TX. Save the date on your...
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