Jeff Adair

United Airlines last week settled a lawsuit brought by the Labor Department (DOL) over working conditions for its Ramp Service workers at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Airport. The agreement between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and United Airlines will eliminate hazardous conditions that required workers to bend, twist, reach and lift in ways […]

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

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

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

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

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