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The IAM’s Headquarters Territory has a dual function: administration and member service.
Led by Richard Michalski, the Headquarters Territory coordinates the IAM’s efforts to organize new members and service existing members across the Aerospace industry. It is also responsible for the Woodworker Department of our union and the newly affiliated local lodges of the Government Employees Department.
The Headquarters Territory covers much of the Washington, DC area and manages the sixteen departments of the IAM.
The entire staff at Headquarters is committed to providing whatever resources and support is needed to assist our leadership in serving our members and organizing the unorganized into our IAM Family.
We are proud of the commitment and dedication of our headquarters staff and I’m sure as you browse through the website to the various departments at headquarters you will see first-hand that commitment and dedication.
When the nominations for the 2009 Corporate Hall of Shame
are unveiled, it should come as no surprise to see Mercury Marine and parent
company Brunswick Corporation leading a very crowded pack.
Among the biggest lies circulating in the current health care debate is
the gross distortion of universal health care in Canada, which has
provided free health care for all citizens since 1961.
Boeing's bid for the Air Force's $35 billion aerial refueling tanker
contract is the clear choice for investing in American workers, skills,
security and future, according to the presidents of 10 AFL-CIO state
federations in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. “Given the
current state of the U.S. economy, taxpayer dollars shouldn't be
funding the economic growth of European countries.
August 27, 2009 - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers lost a valiant friend and fierce ally. Edward M. Kennedy was a champion of working families during his 47-year career in the United States Senate.
July 1, 2009 - In a generous letter of support, Maryland Democratic Sen. Senator Barbara Mikulski extended congratulations to IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, the Executive Council and other newly installed leaders of the IAM.
05.12.2009 - Hundreds of activists from every level of the IAM are gathered in Washington, D.C. this week for the 2009 Legislative Conference; four days of legislative planning and grassroots lobbying on Capitol Hill to build on the successes of the 2008 election.
05.05.2009 - The first IAM Charter was signed by Thomas Talbot and issued to Local Lodge 1 of the National Association of Machinists.
04.29.2009 - Families, friends and fellow IAM members gathered at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center as part of a national observance of Worker’s Memorial Day to honor the memory of those who perished on the job or from work-related diseases.
The 114 members of Local W369 on strike against Moncure Plywood, in Moncure, NC, are getting some high-profile help in their campaign to bring management back to the bargaining table.
On Friday, the Department of Labor reported that 598,000 jobs were lost in January. More than 200,000 of those jobs were lost in the manufacturing sector. The employment rate now stands at a staggering 7.6 percent. The global credit crunch, finally and decisively, has thrown the gears of growth into reverse in virtually every nation of the G20, the world's economic powerhouses. The Economist reported Depression-era decreases in industrial production—down 16.2 percent in Japan, 13.9 percent in Turkey, 9.7 percent in Italy, 8.7 percent in Russia and 7.2 percent in the U.S. as of November—even before lackluster holiday sales. Those are lagging indicators pointing to a prolonged global recession.
January 27, 2009 - The IAM is calling on Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C., to reject a campaign by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to strip “Buy America” provisions from the pending $825 billion economic stimulus package.
August 12, 2008 - Alarm bells are going off over recent Pentagon statements that it will give “extra credit” to the refueling tanker that carries more fuel. Such an emphasis in the new round of bidding would be a shift from the original criteria and would heavily favor the Airbus 330-200 aircraft over the Boeing KC-767.
Washington, D.C., July 10, 2008 - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is calling on Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to ensure the new round of bidding for the Air Force refueling tanker contract does not include any residual bias from the initial competition, which contained significant errors and was heavily skewed toward the Airbus tanker.
July 1, 2008 - For nearly a decade, the bargaining committee of Franklin Local 2135 in Washington, D.C., struggled to overcome federal bargaining restrictions and secure better wages for the 37 members employed as machinists at the Government Printing Office (GPO).
Washington, D.C., June 18, 2008 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today welcomed the report by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) that cited serious flaws in the refueling tanker competition that led to a French-built Airbus being chosen over a U.S-manufactured Boeing 767.
Washington, D.C., June 13, 2008 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today called for the reversal of the controversial tanker refueling contract following news that the U.S. Air Force awarded the $35 billion contract based on errors that favored the Airbus tanker over a version of Boeing’s 767.
June 5, 2008 - A new study of the decision to award a $40 million taker contract to EADS/Airbus instead of Boeing reveals just how many jobs will not be created in the U.S. once production gets underway.
June 3, 2008 - The IAM/National Federation of Federal Employees (IAM/NFFE) is endorsing H.R. 5752, legislation that would end the foreign manufacture of U.S. passports and require the travel and identity documents be manufactured in the United States.
May 27, 2008 - By a unanimous vote, 40 members of Local W356, in Adel, GA, who build wooden crates at the Elberta Crate and Box Company facility in Avon Park, FL, rejected a contract offer from the company with annual wage rates that did not even meet the 2007 federal poverty level for a family of three.
The IAM is a large and diverse organization, representing 730,000 members across North America. Each member makes a significant contribution to the success of the union. The mission of the IAM Headquarters is to help individual members realize that potential. The departments of the IAM mirror the diversity of the members that form the union.
Led by Richard Michalski, the Headquarters Territory coordinates the IAM's efforts to organize new members and service existing members across the Aerospace industry. It is also responsible for the Woodworker Department of our union and the newly affiliated local lodges of the Government Employees Department.
