Local Lodge 2339N to Donate to IAM Disaster Relief Fund
IAM Local Lodge 2339N this week passed a motion to donate $25,000 to the IAM Disaster Relief Fund. This motion was in response to GVP Pantoja’s letter to all Transportation Locals urging them for...
View ArticleYou Can Help IAM Hurricane Relief
Dear Machinists Sisters and Brothers, Over the past week, we all watched in horror as Hurricane Irma grew into a category 5 storm and made its destructive way through the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto...
View ArticleMachinists Announce Mass Support for Devastated Hurricane Victims
IAM International President Robert Martinez, Jr. says he, and thousands of Machinists members, are ready to assist and support relief efforts after deadly hurricanes pounded parts of North America. If...
View Article2018 IAM Scholarship Competition is Now Accepting Applications
The 2018 IAM Scholarship Competition is now accepting applications. The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada under procedures and rules...
View ArticleActivate LIVE Debuts
On Wednesday September 13, the IAM debuted its new live webcast, Activate LIVE. If you missed the show, you can watch it here. Activate LIVE will deliver new shows every Wednesday at 3 p.m., and will...
View ArticleFederal Workers Are Under Attack
The Federal Workers Alliance (FWA), including IAM government employees and National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) members, are fighting back attacks against their rights to fair union...
View ArticleIAM Fighting Military Base Closures
IAM members are working to defeat the McCain-Reed Base Closure Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, a reckless proposal that would close military bases across our country. Base...
View ArticleA College Education without the Cost
You read that right. Your union is now offering a Free College Benefit to members and their families. The IAM is excited to announce the new free college benefit available to Machinists Union members...
View ArticleKeep Public Transportation Public
Massachusetts Governor, Charlie Baker, wants to privatize hundreds of MBTA bus maintenance services at the Lynn, Quincy and Boston facilites by bidding out jobs to for profit companies. The post Keep...
View ArticleTCU President Scardelletti Thanks Lodges and Members that Donated to Disaster...
In a recent letter to all Local Lodge Officers from TCU President Bob Scardelletti: We have all seen the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey and now Irma. Many people have damaged homes, loss of...
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Union: Striking Chicago Auto Mechanics to Vote on Contract ‘We Can Finally...
Carol Stream, IL, September 15, 2017 – After nearly seven weeks of picketing on the streets, approximately 2,000 striking Chicago-area auto mechanics will vote on a contract offer the union says it...
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Chicago Auto Mechanics Reach Agreement with Dealerships, End Seven-Week Strike
Carol Stream, IL, September 17, 2017 – Nearly 2,000 Chicago-area auto mechanics will be back at work tomorrow, bringing to a close a nearly seven-week strike against 130 new car dealerships across the...
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Local Lodge 2210 Members Give Back to the Children
Local 2210 recently completed a community fundraiser by collected school supplies for the De Valle Independent School District in Austin, TX. The drive was held July 15 through August 15. They set up...
View ArticleSOLIDARITY ON DISPLAY AS MACHINISTS BAND TOGETHER FOR HARVEY RELIEF
As East Texas rebuilds after Hurricane Harvey, three IAM Districts and three Local Lodges have banded together to help make life a little easier for residents in hard-hit areas of Houston. Moved by...
View ArticleIAM Exposes MBTA Cronyism
Watch IAMAW Special Representative Craig Hughes name names during a hearing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal and Management Control Board hearing on September 18, 2017 in...
View ArticleTell your representative: Commit to vote no on NAFTA corporate power grab!
If you live in North America, we need you to make sure your government representative stops a corporate power grab in the new NAFTA renegotiations. NAFTA gave vast new powers for corporations that make...
View ArticleIAM National Government Employees Conference kicks off in Nevada
Machinists members, labor leaders and civil servants hit the ground running during day one of the first-ever IAM National Government Employees Conference in Clarke County, Nevada. The post IAM National...
View ArticleDon’t Give Away the MBTA
Elected officials and community members rallied together to support MBTA Mechanics at IAM Local 264. The community is taking a stand against the privatization efforts by Gov. Charlie Baker and his...
View ArticleIAM Saves Military Bases from Closure
IAM members defeated the McCain-Reed Base Closure Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, a reckless proposal that would close military bases across our country. Machinists Union (IAM)...
View ArticleNFFE-IAM, Labor Movement Defeat Official Time Amendments
The Federal Workers Alliance (FWA), including IAM government employees and National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) members, successfully defeated attacks against their rights to fair union...
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