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Join the International Day of Action to End Deathtraps

Tue. June 18, 2013

Labor unions, activists and students have declared Saturday, June 29, 2013, an International Day of Action to End Deathtraps.

Photo Contest Deadline Extended to July 5, 2013

Tue. June 18, 2013

The new deadline to enter the 2013 IAM Photo Contest is now Friday, July 5, 2013. For the 2013 Photo Contest, photos must be taken of and by members in good standing, un-posed and working at their job (and conforming to all safety standards).

Pat Lehman Receives Humanitarian Award

Tue. June 18, 2013

Political activist and retired 41-year IAM member Pat Lehman of Wichita, KS is the recipient of the National Federation of Democratic Women’s 2013 Humanitarian Award. Lehman, a former Grand Lodge Representative who retired in 2006, was recognized at the organization’s annual conference on Saturday, June 14 in Charleston, WV.

Rep. John Lewis Continues Fight for Voting Rights

Tue. June 18, 2013

John Lewis has been fighting for voting rights for over half a century. A fractured skull and scars from beatings at the hands of police and white segregationists in the 1960s prove it.

GST Roach Addresses SUNY Labor Studies Graduates

Tue. June 18, 2013

“Strive to become leaders,” said IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach Jr., to the SUNY Empire State College Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies graduating class of 2013. Hundreds gathered as Roach delivered the commencement speech to just over a hundred of his alma mater’s labor graduates in New York City.

Give the Gift of Union-Made This Father’s Day

Thu. June 13, 2013

Celebrate your dad in solidarity style this Father's Day, Sunday, June 16, 2013, by getting him a gift that sports the union label.

IAM Organizing Grows in Caribbean

Thu. June 13, 2013

The IAM Southern Territory is continuing its organizing success in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In two separate elections in a 32-day period, Local Lodge 340 has added all the bargaining unit employees at Waste Management on the islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. Johns.