IAM Leadership Calls for Protection of Canadian Workers
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. and IAM Canada General Vice President Stan Pickthall recently sent a letter to Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, encouraging him to take further...
View ArticleIAM Grants Members Unemployment Stamp Dispensation Through September 2020
Due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the IAM is immediately waiving unemployment stamp requirements for members to retain membership rights. Members retain their full rights as a result of...
View ArticleIAM Urges Employers to Utilize New Federal Aid, Avoid Layoffs
The IAM is urging for-profit companies with under 500 employees to remedy any potential hardships or threats of laying off any IAM-represented workers by utilizing a federal aid provision in the...
View ArticleIAM Adopts Alternate Processes Leading Up to Grand Lodge Convention
In view of the coronavirus pandemic and its disruption to local lodge meetings, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. has granted special dispensation to all local lodges to utilize alternate...
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IAM Mourns Members Lost to COVID-19 Outbreak
The deadly COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping across the globe has infected and taken the lives of thousands, including some of our own IAM Sisters and Brothers. We honor our fallen by celebrating...
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It Runs in Our Veins
Keeping Americans safe seems to run in the veins of IAM members at Fort Rucker in Alabama. Before COVID-19, it was maintaining U.S. Army training helicopters. Today, it’s about producing thousands of...
View ArticleMachinists Union Demands CDC Protect Transportation Workers
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today called on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to increase access to novel coronavirus testing for the nation’s air, rail...
View ArticleShort Term and Long Term Disability Coverage for All TCU Members Working at...
Notice to All TCU Members Working at New York MTA Headquarters in IT, Procurement and BSC Departments: As of April 1st, your CBA covers you for short term and long term disability. This coverage was...
View ArticleBudgeting Amid COVID-19
The IAM is working to make sure you have the resources you need for long-term planning. You can download a PDF of this presentation on our home page. Just click on Coronavirus Resource Center. The post...
View ArticleA Message to IAM Members
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. brings members up to date on the union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resources available to the membership. The post A Message to IAM...
View ArticleIAM Veterans Home Caregivers: ‘We’re Their Family Right Now’
In Southern Maryland, IAM Local 4 Veterans Home Caregivers find themselves as the only contact with the outside world for many of their residents. The post IAM Veterans Home Caregivers: ‘We’re Their...
View ArticleRegister for Tonight’s IAM Free College Online Information Session
Eastern Gateway Community College will be having a live information webinar Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. EST for anyone who has questions about eligibility, enrollment and more. Register to reserve your...
View ArticleIAM to Hold Virtual Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the IAM will remember members who have died on the job during a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Unions in the United States and Canada observe Workers’...
View ArticleIAM Veterans Home Caregivers: ‘We’re Their Family Right Now’
In Southern Maryland, IAM Local 4 Veterans Home Caregivers find themselves as the only contact with the outside world for many of their residents. WATCH: IAM Veterans Home Caregivers: ‘We’re Their...
View Article43,000 Disney Workers Furloughed – Agreement Won for Insurance and Seniority...
Effective April 19, 2020 practically all of the 43,000 Walt Disney World employees working under the Service Trades Council Union (STCU) agreement will be furloughed until further notice. An agreement...
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Union-Busting Cases Against Boeing in South Carolina Move Forward
A federal complaint has been issued against the Boeing Co. for unlawfully firing and disciplining IAM supporters at the company’s North Charleston, SC plant. The National Labor Relations Board is...
View ArticleDisney World Workers Take Aim at Florida’s Unemployment System
43,000 workers of the Service Trades Council Union (STCU), which includes TCU Local Lodge 1908, reached a deal with Walt Disney World on temporary furloughs that will allow them to keep their benefits....
View ArticleMTA Will Provide $500k in Death Benefits for Coronvirus Victims
The families of MTA employees who die from coronavirus will be eligible for $500,000 in death benefits from the agency, transit officials recently announced. MTA chairman Pat Foye said “What our...
View ArticleIAM Mourns Loss of Trailblazing Legislative and Political Advocate Dorothy...
Dorothy “Dottie” Ellsworth-Gannon, a longtime fixture on the IAM’s legislative and political team, passed away on February 20, 2020. Ellsworth-Gannon, 91, worked for the IAM for 22 years. Her IAM...
View ArticleICYMI Activate L!VE: IAM Addiction Services Helping with Stress and Loss
This week’s live webcast of Activate L!VE featured IAM Addiction Services Director Vinny Ceraso discussing how to help deal with stress, illness and loss. Ceraso gives us some coping mechanisms to help...
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