Even with Boeing’s recent anti-union mailing to employees, the IAM is preparing to call a vote to organize the approximately 3,000 eligible workers at the company’s North Charleston, SC plant. “We’re close,” IAM Organizer Mike Evans told the Seattle Times. “This has been a long campaign. I feel we’re going to have something relatively soon. […]
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The IAM has great respect for the men and women who have served our country in the Armed Forces. In a move to strengthen efforts of supporting those in our own ranks who have served, the delegates at the 39th IAM Grand Lodge Convention passed a resolution to implement the IAM Veteran Services Program. The
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Washington, D.C., November 9, 2016 — Bob Martinez, International President of the nearly 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), released this statement on the election of Donald Trump: “I want to sincerely thank the thousands of IAM members and working people who voted, volunteered and made a difference in this year’s election.
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As the saying goes—if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Just like any other day of the year, Election Day can be pretty hectic. Having a voting plan in place will increase the chances of being able to cast your ballot for the candidates of your choosing. Here’s some helpful resources: Where do
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After more than a year of company stall tactics, IAM District 131 members at Office Remedies, Inc. (ORI) in Atlanta have a contract. They voted to approve a two-year pact with the Bureau of Labor Statistics contractor that will net them a 3.5 percent general wage increase over the life of the contract, a 401(k)
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The 2017 program schedule for the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center is now available. Everyday life can be hectic with work and family schedules, so make sure you save the date for the leadership, staff or departmental program that works best for you. The 46 weeks of education classes include leadership programs in
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Sitting across the table from Pratt and Whitney management in Cromwell, CT, IAM International President Bob Martinez joined the bargaining committees for IAM Locals 700 and 1746 (District 26) to open contract talks with the aerospace engine manufacturer. Pratt and Whitney, which employs about 3,000 IAM members at plants in Middletown and East Harford, CT,
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“It went from nothing to a flood,” a witness said. A water main had burst at a construction site in Boston’s South End. The trench around it was quickly filling with water, overflowing onto the street and beginning to cave in. Two construction workers were trapped. Down the street, Billy O’Brian and his 14-member crew,
IAM Boston Local 100 Members Were Critical in Response to Fatal Water Main Break Read More »
Winspisinger Center Director Chris Wagoner speaks to members attending classes at the Harbor during a recent ceremony making the Center’s 35th anniversary. Thirty-five years ago a commitment was made by the IAM Executive Council to support William W. Winpisinger’s vision of a full-time residential facility to educate and train members and staff in organizing, bargaining
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Local 2559 Negotiating Committee members at Jetstream in Phoenix are ready for their first contract negotiations as IAM members. From left: Shop Steward Joyce Amoh, District 142 General Chair Randy Griffith and Chief Shop Steward Ken Fletcher. Phoenix-based Jetstream security and aircraft cleaning workers this week prepared for first contract negotiations at IAM Sky Harbor
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