IAM Puerto Rico Requests Federal Mediator to Help Move Along Lufthansa...
The IAM has filed a request with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to appoint a federal mediator to help with negotiations with Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico. The IAM submitted this request in...
View ArticleFort Myers Swissport Fuelers Vote Yes for Machinists Union Representation
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced that approximately 30 Swissport workers located in Fort Myers, FL voted overwhelmingly for IAM representation....
View ArticleAttention IAM Veterans: Deadline for PACT Act Retroactive Benefits is August 9
Almost a year ago, President Biden signed into law The Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic-exposed veterans in more...
View ArticleIAM Organizing Department, NFFE-IAM Team Up to Organize 1,000 New Members
A strategic organizing initiative between the IAM Organizing Department and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) has netted more than 1,000 new members within NFFE, Federal District...
View ArticleMaine IAM Members Meet President Biden at Economic Address
Five IAM members recently had the chance to meet President Biden during his visit to Maine. The president was in Auburn, Maine, to deliver economic remarks and sign an “Invent in Here, Make it Here”...
View ArticleTexas Membership Makes Voices Heard at Fort Worth Committee on the Future...
IAM members came from across Texas to speak with IAM Committee on the Future members in three listening sessions held on July 25 at District 776 in Fort Worth. The listening sessions were led by...
View ArticleDistrict 751’s Jason Chan Receives APALA Art Takei Leadership Award
IAM District 751 Chief of Staff Jason Chan, a leader and advocate for the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) at local and national levels and Washington state and county labor councils, has...
View ArticleMachinists Union Members at General Dynamics Electric Boat and Bath Iron...
BATH, Maine, Aug. 10, 2023 – International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 1871 members at Electric Boat in Groton, Conn. and IAM Local S6 members at Bath Iron Works in...
View ArticleReminder: On-Site Registrations Not Accepted at the 2023 IAM Unity and Growth...
Due to extraordinary interest in the Unity and Growth Conference, we have reached capacity and registration for the 2023 IAM Unity and Growth Conference (Sunday, Aug. 21 to Thursday, Aug. 24 in San...
View ArticleCommittee on the Future Comes to St. Louis
Members of the IAM Committee on the Future, a delegation of Machinists who’re getting feedback from members on how to improve the union, recently traveled to St. Louis to meet with members of IAM...
View ArticleIAM Organizes Nearly 600 New Members in Election Wins Across South
The IAM Southern Territory, joined by District Lodges across the South, have won five organizing campaigns totaling nearly 600 new Service Contract Act members in the last few months. The new members...
View ArticleCommittee on the Future Comes to St. Louis
Members of the IAM Committee on the Future, a delegation of Machinists who’re getting feedback from members on how to improve the union, recently traveled to St. Louis to meet with members of IAM...
View ArticleStill advocating for Working Families
Lorie Wilson, IAM Eastern Territory GLR gives her story in the article below. She continues to be a voice and leader for paid leave for all working families. What’s the state of parental leave in...
View ArticleRising Together: IAM Members Attend APALA Convention
IAM members recently came together for the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance’s (APALA) 17th Biennial Convention in Seattle. The convention brought together workers, community activists, and allies...
View ArticleCanada Local 901 Healthcare Members Prepare for Contract Talks
Canadian IAM Local 901 (District 78) negotiating committee members recently met for preparations on contract talks with RNS Healthcare. The team spent the week at the IAM’s Winpisinger Center in...
View ArticleMore Details: Join the IAM at the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington
On Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, the IAM will join hundreds of other labor, civil rights, and justice organizations in observing the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. The program will include...
View ArticleColbert Appointed Education Representative at Winpisinger Center
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. has appointed Demetress (Dee) Colbert from District 142 as Education Representative at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in...
View ArticleIAM’s Winpisinger Center Fosters International Solidarity by Hosting...
Organizers from Mexico recently completed specialized organizing training at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Md. The theme of the unique training, “Organizar...
View ArticleIAM Lends a Helping Hand to Women in Need, PR
During LCLAA’s 24th National Membership Convention hosted in San Juan, Puerto Rico, IAM delegates had the opportunity to engage in community service activities to enhance and beautify the installations...
View ArticleMaine Lobsterman Win Fight Over NOAA Regulations On Closures
IAM Members, Maine Lobsterman, continue to fight and win against federal (NOAA) closures based on a one size fits all science that does not always correlate with the closure areas that affect our...
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