Front row, from left: Joe Terlisner, Kenny Mullan and Mike Oettel. Back row, from left: Hunter Scott, Jon Zancanaro and Matt Maier. The IAM Local 66 Negotiating Committee, along with a staff member from District 10, recently participated in the Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees program at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD. […]
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The Machinists Union won several top honors in the annual International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) Labor Media Awards contest, which honors the best in labor journalism. 1st Place, General Excellence, Blog: iMail 2nd Place, General Excellence, Single Issue Publication: 2015 IAM Human Rights Conference Posters 3rd Place, Best Design: Website, App, or E Publication: IAMAW
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In the eight short months the newly formed Women’s Committee of IAM Local 1943 in Middletown, OH has been up and running, they’ve wasted no time in making their presence known. Almost immediately the committee organized and held the first of many self-defense classes geared for women. Later, to help fund their efforts, a “Dine
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IAM Assistant Communications Director Donna Georgallas will retire on January 1, 2017, following 46 years of dedicated service to the IAM and its membership. Communications Specialist Jonathan Battaglia will become the department’s next assistant director, announced IAM International President Bob Martinez. In 1970, five years after emigrating from her native Cyprus, Georgallas came to work
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A Kent, WA aerospace supply company owned by billionaire Warren Buffett has agreed to a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board in a case that accused company managers of repeated violations of federal labor law. Click here to read the IAM District 751 blog. As part of the settlement, the general manager of Protective
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More than five million Native Americans call the United States home, but they are often overlooked. Council FIRE, founded by an IAM member, is an advocacy group conceived to change that. WATCH: Leave No One Behind “Every union in here has Native
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The United States is home to nearly 5 million Native Americans, and yet, often this group is overlooked. Council Fire, an advocacy group promoting the rights of Native Americans, is looking to change that. The post Leave No One Behind appeared first on IAMAW.
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IAM Local 700 members in Middletown and IAM Local 1746 in East Hartford, CT voted overwhelmingly to accept a new 5.5 year contract with Pratt & Whitney. The agreement, passed by a vote of 1,691 to 385 on Sunday, gives the 2,600 IAM members annual raises of 2.5 percent as well as $6,500 in bonuses.
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Mary Bay, pictured, and her husband Retired Midwest Territory General Vice President Alex Bay were arrested last week during a “Fight For $15” protest in Kansas City. Retirement is widely imagined to be a time of rest, relaxation with travel, hobbies and grandchildren expected to take up many of the hours previously spent on careers,
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The IAM and a coalition of union and retiree groups stand adamantly against legislation introduced in the House of Representatives that would make it even easier for multiemployer pension plans to cut benefits. Click here to read a joint statement in opposition to consideration of so-called “composite” pension legislation. The proposed legislation would allow multiemployer
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