Ketchikan, AK resident and IAM Local 2202 member Kimberly Stone spends part of her time teaching ballet, but it is her full-time job at Alaska Airlines that has changed her life. Click here to read an article she wrote for her local’s newsletter. “When I tell people I work for an airline in my home […]
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Concierge employees, Porters and Doormen of IAM Local 447 working at the Jersey City, NJ Trump Plaza unanimously ratified their first contract recently with Planned Companies, bringing immediate wage increases of $2-3.00 an hour. In addition to the immediate raises, the members received many of the standard provisions of a union contract including vacations, holidays
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Time is running out! Get registered now to be part of the March 12-17, 2017 Basic Web Development Class held by the IAM Communications department. The registration deadline is January 12, 2017. Click here for the official call letter, course requirements and details. This is a basic-level class for lodges just beginning new websites and
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Registration is now open for the May 7-12 Basic Communicator Class held by the IAM’s Communication Department. The last Communicator Class filled up quickly, so get registered now in order to secure your spot! This a basic course geared toward lodge Communicators to upgrade their skills and take lodge communications to the next level. Instruction
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Approximately 2,500 IAM members at Hawaiian Airlines received previously unpaid 2014 and 2015 profit sharing in their December 2016 paychecks. This unprecedented payout by the company has never been extended to any union group and is the direct result of the good working relationship the IAM maintains with Hawaiian Airlines and the positive impact the
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From left, IAM District 751 Union Steward Van Nget, Business Representative Grace Holland and Work Transfer Representative Steven Morrison help load bags of food donated in Everett, WA, by viewers of KING 5 during the local television station’s annual Home Team Harvest food drive. The IAM tradition of giving to others in need continued this
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The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) celebrated a changing of the guard as incoming NFFE/IAM National President Randy Erwin and National Secretary-Treasurer David Stamey were sworn into office. IAM International President Bob Martinez performed the honors in a ceremony at IAM Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. The swearing in coincided with retirement of outgoing
Enrollment has been extended for the February 19-24, 2017 Federal Employee Advanced Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The registration deadline has been extended until January 20, 2017. This program will be very helpful to stewards, officers and business representatives who serve members in the federal sector. The
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IAM Local SC-711 Negotiating Committee IAM Sin City Local 711 is hitting it big in the city built on dreams. The burgeoning Las Vegas Local has reached several milestones since it was chartered in June. It’s exploded its ranks from 420 to 560 members in just two months, a 25 percent increase. “Membership goals are
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At times, trying to make it through life with just everyday stressors is tough. Add substance abuse, depression, addiction or mental illness and it can be downright unbearable. The IAM understands that in order for members to be able to perform their jobs at the highest possible level, they must be happy, have a clear
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