IAM International President Bob Martinez is heading a new initiative aimed at ensuring manufacturing workers are treated with justice and dignity in the face of technological change. Martinez is the chair of the AFL-CIO manufacturing subcommittee on the Future of Work and Unions. “Our key task as a commission is to review the challenges workers […]
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Nearly 60 IAM Local 1010 Members are reeling after Siemens officials suddenly announced the closure of its historic plant in the small community of Burlington, Iowa. Siemens officials met with members of IAM Local 1010 at the facility dropping the bombshell announcement early last week. The news comes on the heels of two previous Siemens
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Members of Congress from New York are fighting to reverse a decision by Siemens to close their Wellsville Dresser-Rand facility. The Machinists Union represents 250 workers at the plant and were recently informed by Siemens about the impending sale and closure of the historic Dresser-Rand plant in Wellsville. The IAM has represented workers at the
Members of IAM Local 2401 recently ratified their first contract with InTomes Technical Services in Springville, NY. The group of skilled workers voted to join the IAM in December 2017. The four-year agreement with came after the bargaining unit unanimously rejected the company’s previous offer and authorized a strike. The agreement secured legally-binding language for
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More than 100 IAM members, family and friends gathered Monday to mourn and honor working people who have been killed, injured or sickened on the job this past year. The IAM Safety and Health Department hosted the annual Workers’ Memorial Ceremony at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Watch the
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By the end of May, Red River Army Depot (RRAD) in Hooks, TX will lay off nearly 600 IAMAW and NFFE (National Federation of Federal Employees) members. It’s a decision that will ravage the local communities in both Texas and Arkansas. Since the announcement, the IAM has been doing everything it can to prevent this
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Nearly 400 members of the Independent Drivers Guild (IDG) rallied outside City Hall in New York yesterday prior to a hearing on a proposed bill that would tighten regulations on the industry and cost drivers even more money. The Independent Drivers Guild is a nonprofit affiliate of the IAM and represents 65,000 working drivers throughout
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Workplace violence is a problem, no matter where you work. The IAM Health and Safety Department recently conducted a workplace violence survey. The survey identified trends that our members face on the job. Workplace violence may result in physical injury and can lead to medical treatment, missed work, stress and/or decreased productivity. Over 70 percent
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Everyday thousands of commuters jump on a train, board a bus or use the subway to get where they need to go. It’s convenient, efficient but most importantly it’s SAFE. Just like the jobs of the bus mechanics at the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority or MBTA that keep Boston running on time. The post THIS
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Federal officials have charged Air Canada with a series of health and safety violations in the death of IAM Local Lodge 2323 member Ian Henrey Pervez. Pervez was killed on April 22, 2016 on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport when the baggage-cart tractor he was driving flipped over, throwing him from the vehicle.
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