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The Definition of ‘Union’
We’ve all been there. Those times in life when money is tight and you’re not sure how you are going to make it through the month. Thankfully, most of us do survive, unscathed for the most part. But...
View Article‘Ensuring a Qualified Civil Service Act’ Does Exactly the Opposite
The Machinists Union and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) are calling on all members to contact their Representatives to demand they vote “NO” on the “Ensuring a Qualified Civil...
View ArticleHow Oregon Local 63 Young Machinists Are Making This Holiday Season Brighter
Young workers from IAM Local 63 are working hard to ensure that kids in Oregon have a happy holiday season. Local 63 Young Machinists are raising funds to bring presents and Christmas trees to foster...
View ArticleNational Negotiations Update
Results are in. UTU, BLE&T, BRS and ATDA have ratified the Tentative Agreement. Click here for UTU Press Release. Click here for BLE&T Press Release. Click here for BRS Press Release....
View ArticleRetirees React to Shameful Senate Tax Vote
Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on the Senate tax bill vote today. “Today’s Senate vote was shameful. “With less than 2 weeks...
View ArticleWhat Federal Employees Should Know About a Possible Government Shutdown
The federal government could shut down Friday, December 8, 2017 if Congress can’t work out a solution to its spending dispute. This means that the lives of federal employees would once again be...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Veterans ID Card
VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for Veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated...
View ArticleEliminate Waivers in ‘Buy American’ Laws
IAM International President Bob Martinez wrote a Letter to the Editor to the New York Times in response to Ana Swanson’s piece titled “Why ‘Made in America’ Is Stitched Into the Law, but Not the...
View ArticleProtect Our Pensions
IAM International President Bob Martinez recently sent letters supporting legislation that would help save the financially-troubled multiemployer pension system while fully protecting the earned and...
View ArticleMaine Machinists Help School Meet Goal to Assist Children
Topsham, ME IAM Local S89 recently participated in a drive to collect food, winter clothing and backpacks for children in need attending Lewiston Middle School. The local includes the paralegals of the...
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IAM Local 2525 Fargo Member Thwarts Thief Who Tries to Steal His IAM ‘Proud...
IAM Local 2525 Shop Steward Scott Filler talks to local Fargo, ND news station after young thief attempts to steal Filler’s IAM “Proud Union Home” yard sign from his front yard. What’s union pride?...
View ArticleIAM Celebrates International Civil Aviation Day
Today is International Civil Aviation Day, which is observed annually on December 7. The purpose of the day is to recognize the importance of aviation, especially international air travel, to the...
View Article27 Years of Giving for Connecticut Machinists
For the 27th year a IAM Local 1871 run food pantry in Groton, CT, provided more than 150 Thanksgiving baskets for out-of-work members, needy families and others in the community. Volunteers distributed...
View ArticleEnroll Now for Retirees Education & Strategy Program
The deadline is January 6, 2018 to register for the IAM Retirees Department Retirees Education & Strategy Program (RESP) to be held March 4–9, 2018 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and...
View ArticleWinning in Wichita
Wichita workers are thrilled as Spirit AeroSystems announced its plan to add more than 1,000 jobs to the workforce, with an investment of more than $1 billion over the next five years. “This is a good...
View ArticleMachinists, American Airlines Partner for Relief Flight to Puerto Rico
The IAM, AFL-CIO affiliates, and American Airlines came together to deliver much-needed water and relief supplies to Puerto Rico’s working families. The flight departs from Philadelphia International...
View ArticleMachinists, American Airlines Partner for Relief Flight to Puerto Rico
The IAM, AFL-CIO affiliates, and American Airlines came together to deliver much-needed water and relief supplies to Puerto Rico’s working families. The cargo space was generously donated by American...
View ArticleWisconsin 2018 Gubernatorial Candidate Forum
The forum is hosted by the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, the Wisconsin Farmers Union, and AFSCME Subchapter 63. Scot Ross, from One Wisconsin Now, will moderate the...
View ArticleThis Sunday is Human Rights Day
This Sunday, December 10 is Human Rights Day. Every year we observe Human Rights Day. This day, in 1948, 70 years ago the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human...
View ArticleHelping Puerto Rico
Machinists Union members in Philadelphia partnered with the AFL-CIO and American Airlines to send much-needed supplies to Puerto Rico, where families are still struggling. The IAM joined other union...
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