IAM Local 1414 in the San Francisco Bay Area is a labor leader in youth education, skill development and trades. For more than a decade, the Local has sponsored San Francisco city’s only high school automotive program. Classes at Washington High School have given hundreds of students valuable skills which have translated into lucrative careers
Read moreBarbara Perry from Local 949 describes her recent participation in an IAM financial training seminar hosted at the Winpisinger Education Center. Alongside dozens of other union stewards, she and her fellow IAM members are gaining essential knowledge on how to maintain regulatory compliance within their respective districts and locals. Watch the video report here. The curriculum focuses heavily on proper accounting practices, specifically the accurate
Read moreIAM Union members and leaders laced up their boots and shouldered their packs this Memorial Day to participate in the annual Do Good Multnomah Ruck March, honoring the sacrifices of America’s veterans while raising funds to support veterans facing homelessness and other challenges in the Portland, Ore., community. The event brought together IAM members, veterans,
Read moreIAM Union members from across the country joined hundreds of labor leaders, activists, and allies in Atlanta, Ga., for the 55th Annual Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Convention, gathering under the theme, “Cherish Our Legacy & Bend to No One.” The annual convention brought together union members committed to advancing worker justice, strengthening organizing efforts,
Read moreThe IAM Kentucky/Tennessee Joint State Council recently gathered in Louisville to energize the union’s powerful pro-labor political base.
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