IAM Responds to Southwest Airlines Emergency Landing
A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Philadelphia this morning after an uncontained engine failure blew out a window and injured several people on board the aircraft. “The IAM...
View ArticleGuide Dogs in Studio on Wednesday’s Activate L!VE
Join the IAM’s live studio webcast of Activate L!VE Wednesday, April 18 at 3 p.m. Eastern. This week’s show will focus on the union’s no. 1 charity Guide Dogs of America. We’ll hear from GDA President...
View ArticleHappy Birthday A. Philip Randolph
Today the IAM & TCU say, “happy birthday!” to our Brother Asa Philip Randolph a labor leader and social activist born on April 15, 1889. Randolph founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters on...
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GST Department Raises Over $8K for GDA
Nearly 80 runners and walkers participated in the 2018 IAM 5K last Saturday, raising over $8,000 for Guide Dogs of America. The event hosted by the IAM General Secretary-Treasurer’s Department was held...
View ArticleWest Virginia Local on Strike
Thirty skilled trade members of Wheeling, WV IAM Local 818 took to the picket lines last week after rejecting the company’s contract offer and unanimously voting to strike their employer Tecnocap. At...
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It’s Our Time Now to Reach for the Skies
Just days ago, it was a breathtaking scene in the sky as another Atlas 5 Rocket was triumphantly launched from Florida. The day marked the 77th successful Atlas 5 mission since the rocket’s...
View ArticleMachinists and Maritime Trades Lobby for Jones Act
Dozens of union leaders gathered in Washington, DC to ask Congress to maintain the Jones Act, a law that says goods shipped between US ports must be transported on ships that are owned, operated and...
View ArticleEmployment and Unemployment
April 2018 Jobs Report According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. employment rate for March 2018 was 4.1 percent for the sixth consecutive month. The number of unemployed...
View ArticleSen. Sherrod Brown Pushes Pension Protections
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, of Ohio, who has been sounding the alarm on a pending pension crisis and was named co-chair of the newly-formed Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer...
View ArticleIAM-Sponsored Young Mechanics Showcase Skills
Aviation High School, an education training center that’s sponsored by the IAM, competed in front of thousands of people at the annual Aerospace Maintenance Competition in Orlando. The post...
View ArticleSafety and Health Conference
Registration is now open for the 2018 IAM Safety and Health Conference to be held August 12-17 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Deadline to register is...
View ArticleThe Gift of a Guitar Bringing Members Together at Winpisinger Center
Sitting on the serene banks of the Patuxent River in southern Maryland is the IAM’s world-class labor education facility, the Winpisinger Center. Every year, thousands of Machinists Union members...
View ArticleIAM Mourns with Humboldt
IAM members attending the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center last week gathered to send a message of support to the Canadian hockey community, the town of Humboldt and all Canadians...
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West Virginia Members, Supporters Rally for Contract
More than 100 supporters of IAM Local 818 attended a rally yesterday in Glen Dale, WV to show solidarity to the members on strike at Tecnocap. Members and their families showed up in force along with...
View ArticleIAM Canada Grabs Largest Organizing Victory in Decades
There was nothing small about this campaign. The numbers of new members – 2,400, the numbers of meetings held over a six-day period with these members – 36, the strength of the proven track record of...
View ArticleNo Brotherly Love for American Airlines Proposal in Philadelphia
Watch IAM District 141 Vice President Bill Wilson tell American Airlines President Robert Isom that American’s latest contract proposals are unacceptable during a recent town hall meeting in...
View ArticleDistrict 19 Member Awarded Large Arbitration Settlement
In late 2015, Alvin Livingston, was charged by the carrier, Union Pacific, and withheld from service. An investigation was conducted, and Brother Livingston was dismissed on October 28, 2015....
View ArticleRepeal Right To Work in Missouri
For over a century, labor unions have protected and strengthened workers through a process called collective bargaining. But right-to-work laws, like PROPOSITION A in Missouri, are taking that...
View ArticleEnroll Now for the 2018 IAM Human Rights Class
Human rights are defined as a right that is believed to belong to all persons. Unfortunately, even in 2018, there is still a fight to ensure everyone is granted basic rights of dignity and freedom. As...
View ArticleIAM CREST Working with New Jersey Youth
High School Seniors from various New Jersey schools attended a work site visit to learn more about entering a Diesel Mechanic or Automotive Mechanic Apprenticeship as part of the IAM CREST Youth...
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