Black History Month: The IAM Fight for Civil Rights in the 1960s
Human rights for African Americans were officially recognized in the U.S. with the historic passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the implementation of the Voting Rights Act a year later....
View ArticleCongratulations to This Year’s IAM Communications Contest Winners
Today, we congratulate our IAM brothers and sisters, who created outstanding online and print work for the 2020 IAM Communications Contest. Their words, design, and imagery are invaluable tools to keep...
View ArticleHuge Investment for IAM Aerospace Workers
Qatar Airways announced this week that they would purchase 34 new Boeing 777X freighters and a surprise purchase of Boeing 737 MAX, both of which are built by IAM members. These orders will...
View ArticleLa NLRB emprende una nueva iniciativa para informar a los trabajadores...
A principios de 2021, la Junta Nacional de Relaciones Laborales (NLRB, por sus siglas en inglés) dejó en claro que tiene la intención de aumentar su capacidad para proteger a todos los trabajadores y...
View ArticleNLRB Undertakes New Initiative to Inform Spanish-Speaking Workers of Their...
Starting in early 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made it clear that it intends to ramp up its ability to protect all workers and their rights. But this latest wave of outreach...
View ArticleRegister Now for the 2022 Machinists Wood, Pulp & Paper Conference in...
Register now for the 2022 Machinists Wood, Pulp & Paper Council (MWPPC) Conference from May 9-13 at the Intercontinental Saint Paul Riverfront in Saint Paul, MN. A registration form and more...
View ArticleIAM Black History Month: Edison Fraser
This year, for Black History Month, the IAM is highlighting some of our current history makers within the organization. All this month, we will be running stories on current Black activists in the IAM,...
View ArticleMaine Local S89 Paralegals Ratify New Contract
Legal professionals who are members of IAM Local S89 employed at McTeague-Higbee, a Topsham, ME law firm that has represented organized labor in Maine for decades, unanimously ratified a new contract...
View ArticleIAM Remembers Longtime Massachusetts Machinist Anthony ‘Snuffy’ Mastandrea
The IAM mourns the loss of Anthony “Tony-Snuffy” Mastandrea who passed away January 30, 2022 at the age of 92. Mastandrea was a longtime Directing Business Representative of IAM Local 264. He also...
View ArticleIAM to Bid Farewell to Longtime Winpisinger Center Director Chris Wagoner,...
Longtime Winpisinger Education and Technology Center Director Chris Wagoner has announced his retirement from the IAM, leaving a storied legacy of expanding educational opportunities in the union. IAM...
View ArticleHonor a Fallen Member with a Personalized Brick at the IAM Workers’ Memorial
Each year, April 28 is recognized as Workers’ Memorial Day, a day for us to commemorate the thousands of workers killed, injured or sickened on the job. Your local can memorialize a fallen member with...
View ArticleIAM Black History Month: Reggie Dixon
This year, for Black History Month, the IAM is highlighting some of our current history makers within the organization. All this month, we will be running stories on current Black activists in the IAM,...
View ArticleGreenberg Appointed IAM Assistant Director of Strategic Resources
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. has appointed Peter Greenberg, formerly a Senior Research Economist, as the IAM’s Assistant Director of Strategic Resources. The appointment was...
View ArticleIAM Local 777 Ratifies a Strong First Contract at St. Louis Dealership
Seventeen IAM Local Lodge 777 (IAM District 9) members recently ratified a three-year solid agreement, their first after organizing with the IAM, at David Taylor Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram in St....
View ArticleIAM Fights to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
The IAM, along with 90 other organizations representing patients, consumers, seniors, unions, small businesses, large employers, physicians, and disease advocacy groups, wrote a letter urging the...
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Florida State Council Convenes to Engage Members
IAM members, officers and staff recently gathered in Tallahassee to attend the Florida State Council of Machinists Conference. The conference focused on the importance of staying engaged in the...
View ArticleIAM and TCU/IAM Meet with FRA Administrator Bose
Leaders from the IAM and TCU/IAM recently met with Amit Bose, Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Administrator Bose and the agency are responsible for allowing safe, reliable,...
View ArticleIAM and Other Transportation Unions Raise Concerns About Customer Assaults
The IAM joined other transportation unions in raising urgent concerns regarding assaults against passenger service agents working across airports in the United States. The letter was addressed to...
View ArticleIAM Black History Month: Sheldon Barber
This year, for Black History Month, the IAM is highlighting some of our current history makers within the organization. All this month, we will be running stories on current Black activists in the IAM....
View ArticleIAM Black History Month: Nicole Tappenden
This year, for Black History Month, the IAM is highlighting some of our current history makers within the organization. All this month, we will be running stories on current Black activists in the IAM....
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