Organizing Campaigns
Each year thousands of North Americans sign up to join the IAM. It is the belief of the IAM every working person in North America be afforded the opportunity to join collectively and negotiate with their employer over wages, benefits, and other conditions of employment. Since 1888, the IAM has been an advocate for working people, today that tradition and responsibility continues.
Affordable Healthcare
In today's uncertain economic climate, issues surrounding health care in the United States are a top priority. Americans spend more on health care than any other country in the world and too many Americans can’t get the affordable care they need when they fall ill.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE JOBS GONE?
The need for jobs, good jobs and the benefits that should accompany them-
quality health care and retirement security have reached crisis levels in the United States.
America's Edge
Each decade, 30 million American children enter high school but only 6 million of them ever receive a college degree. The remaining 24 million either drop out; complete high school and enter the workforce; or attend a community college or university for a couple of years.
Unemployed Resources
During economic uncertainty loss of employment, our goal is to assist our members. Our mission, in good times and bad, is to educate our membership so they can make the right choices and transition themselves and their families for the future. As our members begin facing deepening financial difficulties and other challenging personal issues, the IAM is committed to servicing our members.
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THE IAM FOCUSES ON ORGANIZING Defending our Freedoms Defending our Jobs -The importance of organizing should not be lost on any member in the Machinists Union. Our future contracts depend on more of our members in each industry gaining power at work.
Union Member Rights and Officer Responsibilities Under the LMRDA
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) guarantees certain rights to
union members and imposes certain responsibilities on union officers.
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