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Big Raises This Month for IAM Members at American Airlines

This month, approximately 30,000 ground workers at American Airlines will see their industry-leading wage rates reflected in their paychecks. The wage increases for the TWU/IAM Association represented workers will average approximately 22 percent. Mechanic and Related workers will surpass by 3 percent similarly classified workers at Delta Airlines. Fleet Service, Stores/Material Logistic Specialists and Maintenance

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Machinists’ South Carolina Organizing Push Heats Up

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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Machinists Union Responds to Election of Donald Trump

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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