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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...
View ArticleRRB Release – Railroad Retiree Earnings Limits Increase in 2020
In a release from the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB): Railroad retirement annuitants subject to earnings restrictions can earn more in 2020 without having their benefits reduced as a result of...
View ArticleTTD Release – Transportation Unions Fight for Investments that Put Working...
As a renewed wave of worker activism sweeps the country, the leaders of 33 transportation unions focused on ways to improve the lives of working families by creating and protecting middle-class...
View ArticleCon Broche de Oro Cierra Liderazgo en Español en el Centro Winpisinger
El programa final de español para 2019 concluyó la semana pasada en el centro educativo de IAM, el Centro Winpisinger, ya que el centro dio la bienvenida a participantes de Estados Unidos, Canadá y el...
View Article2019 Spanish Leadership Concludes at Winpisinger Center
The final 2019 Spanish program concluded last week at the William W. Winpisinger Center, as the school welcomed participants from the U.S., Canada and the Territory of Puerto Rico for Spanish...
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Sustaining a Way of Life
Deep in the forest of northern Maine sit two rusting locomotives, seemingly frozen in time. They offer a glimpse of a booming lumber industry that used to employ thousands of Mainers, and was...
View ArticleIAM Continues Fight for Federal Contract Worker Back Pay
More than 1 million federal contract workers went without pay during the 35-day government shutdown in early 2019, including thousands of furloughed IAM members. The IAM is fighting for the inclusion...
View ArticleIAM Leading Charge Toward Global Aerospace Solidarity
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. recently led a Machinists Union delegation to a meeting of the world’s most powerful aerospace unions in Singapore. Martinez chairs the aerospace sector...
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Union Plus Benefits Available to TCU Members
Through Union Plus TCU/IAM members are eligible for special savings and discounts on the following auto related services and products: 1. Auto and home insurance through SnapQuote® offered by MetLife...
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