Double the Impact this Week with a GDA Donation
Your generosity will go twice as far when you donate to Guide Dogs of America this week. Every dollar donated will be matched, now through Memorial Day, May 25, 2020. GDA received a match sponsor for...
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Machinists, ULA Mark Successful Milestone for U.S. Space Force
The Machinists Union played a major part in the May 17 successful launch of the United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carrying the U.S. Space Force X-37B autonomous spacecraft to orbit. The launch...
View ArticleU.S. Dependence on Supply Chains in Mexico Exposed by COVID-19
Pentagon officials recently raised serious concerns over disrupted supply chains located in Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IAM has been warning about offshoring components and parts for...
View ArticleCoronavirus Relief Must Put Workers Ahead of Corporate Profits, Machinists Say
The IAM is endorsing a congressional push to put workers—not corporate profits—first and include strict corporate accountability measures in any coronavirus relief aid provided by the U.S. Treasury and...
View ArticleRRB Labor Member: Testing Underway, Enhanced Benefit Payments Expected Before...
A message from John Bragg, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) labor member, released on May 21st, stated that the increased $1,200 in unemployment benefits from the CARES Act will begin to be...
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Chicago IAM Local 701 Members Produce Face Shields for COVID-19 First Responders
Members of Chicago IAM Local 701 who save lives everyday by producing police, fire and tornado sirens around the world, are taking their essential jobs one step further to aid in the COVID-19 crisis....
View ArticleA Conversation with EAP Director, Bryan Hutchinson
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View ArticleIAM Postpones 40th Grand Lodge Convention
The IAM released a notice advising that the 40th IAM Grand Lodge Convention has been rescheduled for September 12-17, 2021, in San Diego, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. The notice also...
View ArticleMemorial Day 2020
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in military service. First...
View ArticleA Memorial Day Message from GVP Pantoja
Today we remember and thank all those who gave their lives for our freedom and the promise of freedom for people around the globe. We also remember their families, who are forced to deal with their...
View ArticleVirtual Town Halls to Showcase Working People During COVID-19 Crisis
No one knows better than union members that working people have been hit hard during this pandemic, as they remain on the front lines to ensure this country continues running. The hardest hit have been...
View ArticleCongress Tells Treasury to Protect Airline Workers Pay and Benefits Under...
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2020 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today applauded a letter written by 75 members of Congress, led by U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.),...
View ArticleUPDATE: BNSF Petitions FRA to Expand its Wayside Detector Pilot Program
On April 12, 2019, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) granted the BNSF Railway (BNSF) a test waiver to conduct a pilot program on the carrier’s Southern Transcon trains between Chicago, IL, and...
View ArticleIAM Mourns the Loss of Kaulana Pakele
The IAM is saddened to report the passing of DL 141 Hawaiian Airlines Safety Director Kaulana Pakele, who died Monday after he was found unresponsive in the water off Makaha Beach in Oahu, Hawaii. He...
View ArticleTTD Release – Joe Biden is the Best Candidate for Transportation Workers and...
In a recent release from the Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO (TTD), of which TCU is a member: The past three years have shined a spotlight on two vastly different Americas. In one, the richest...
View ArticleIAM Photo, Newsletter, and Website Contest Deadlines Extended
Due to the unforeseen circumstances we are all facing, the deadlines for the 2019 IAM Newsletter and Website contests and 2020 Photo contest have been extended to Friday, July 3, 2020. The IAM is...
View ArticleNASA’s Return to Space Rescheduled for Saturday
The IAM, the largest union at NASA, will have to wait a few more days to witness the first launch of NASA astronauts into space from U.S. soil in nearly a decade. Wednesday’s launch was scrubbed due to...
View ArticleMachinists Stand Against Roll Back of Paycheck Protection Job Provisions
The IAM, the Transportation Communications Union (TCU-IAM) and 14 other unions are pushing Congress to drop a corporate-backed proposal to roll back job retention requirements in the Paycheck...
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2020 IAM Scholarship Winners
The IAM is pleased to announce the 2020 Scholarship winners. An impartial committee of educators selected 16 recipients for this year’s awards. We congratulate the winners and thank all those who...
View ArticleTCU Fights for Jobs, Calls out Amtrak over Furloughs and Insufficient Funding...
Amtrak recently requested nearly $1.5 billion in supplemental funding from the federal government in fiscal 2021 to maintain “minimum service levels,” anticipating ridership will not recover to...
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