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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.
IAM representatives and delegates attending the 2012 Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, Ontario, are reminded that they need a valid U.S. passport to enter Canada. If you do not have a current passport, you should apply for, or update, your passport as soon as possible.
IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger called for changes to the proposed American Jobs Act and called for more support of America’s aviation manufacturing industry and a strong “Buy American” provisions in the bill.
IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger called for an end to mischaracterizations of the U.S. business jet industry during testimony before the International Trade Commission in Washington, DC. America’s business jet industry contributes more than $150 billion to the U.S. economy and employs more than 1.2 million people.
A trove of newly released documents show that Boeing’s own executives believed that their plan to establish a second 787 line in South Carolina was their highest-risk option for their new Dreamliner jet and the one most likely to fail.
Working families have less than 14 hours and counting to stop Congress from shipping hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs overseas. According to the IAM’s new Countdown to Calamity Clock, Congress is set to vote on three seriously-flawed free trade agreements (FTAs) on October 4.
Act now! Review the Countdown to Calamity Clock and its summary of the horrendous effects of the FTAs. Click the link to send Congress a letter telling them to vote “NO” on the South Korea, Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements. And then share the clock with your co-workers, family and friends. Encourage them to join in the fight for fair trade, not free trade, and to save American jobs.
The IAM filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) asking the Board to rule that United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia are now operating as a single transportation system for union representation purposes in the Passenger Service classification. Such a ruling is a necessary first step before union representation issues can be resolved.
A decade ago, in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks, I expressed the outrage of our union at what had just occurred. I explained in a message to IAM members that “It was our planes that were used as weapons of mass destruction. It was our members who were forced to endure the unimaginable nightmare. It was our members who were among the murdered.” I pledged then that “we will have our vengeance.”
In a bid to reinvigorate the long-standing ties between labor and the faith community, a delegation of IAM leaders from the United States and Canada met recently with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome.
The IAM joins with the Pennsylvania Labor History Society in honoring men and women of the early labor movement who courageously fought to make life better for workers everywhere.
The only standard that should be used to govern U.S. leaders’ decision to pass free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, Colombia and Panama is whether they are in the best interest of American workers and the U.S. economy, says Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation, in an op-ed published on The Huffington Post.
In a joint letter to President Obama, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) expressed deep concern over recent comments by the President questioning the value of corporate aircraft use and proposing tax changes that would negatively impact the entire general aviation industry.
“Lose even more jobs? That’s so un-American.”
The rampant increase in outsourcing and the explosive growth of the vendor supply chain in the aerospace industry were key issues for more than 50 delegates at the 2011 meeting of the International Metalworkers Federation (IMF).
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed new union representation rules that ensure workers can freely exercise one basic right we hold dear in this country – the right to vote.
The IAM is gearing up for a showdown over three seriously flawed trade deals negotiated during the Bush administration and currently being considered by the Obama administration. The South Korea, Colombia and Panama free trade agreements (FTAs) threaten our jobs and will decimate America’s already sputtering economy.
More than 100 delegates, guests and speakers took part in the 117th Annual Convention of the New York State Council of Machinists in Niagara Falls, NY, where IAM leaders and elected officials called for an aggressive defense in the face of growing attacks on union members’ collective bargaining rights.
Unlike most industrialized countries, the U.S. has no definitive policy to preserve and protect its homegrown manufacturing jobs. A new IAM report, “Creating and Sustaining U.S. Manufacturing Jobs,” includes a nine-point plan that could provide the basis for a desperately-needed national policy.
The IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger today reaffirmed the IAM’s opposition to the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
IAM members, retirees and headquarters staff joined more than 1,000
activists in Washington, D.C. to show solidarity with working people in
Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and other states where efforts are underway to
strip workers’ collective bargaining rights.
Union leaders, members and attendees of the 2011 Building and
Construction Trades Department (BCTD) Legislative Conference in
Washington, D.C., witnessed an exceptionally powerful, heartfelt opening
invocation this week.
More than 300 delegates and guests at the 2011 MNPL Planning Committee
Meeting in Albuquerque, NM held their breath as IAM President Tom
Buffenbarger called out the winning number in a drawing for the 2012
Bombardier Can-Am Roadster RT.
And the winning ticket holder...
International President Tom Buffenbarger addressed the 2011 MNPL
National Planning Committee this week and described the midterm
elections results as a direct consequence of both political parties’
failure to address the core concerns of American voters.
In an op-ed
published in the Washington Post, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Secretary Hilda Solis reflects on the 100th anniversary of the Triangle
Shirtwaist Factory fire that claimed the lives of 146 women and
children in New York City, its effect on the labor movement and why the
need for unions is just as important today.
The following is a statement from IAM President Tom Buffenbarger in
response to the move by the Wisconsin state Senate to strip public
employees of their collective bargaining rights:
“Last night in Wisconsin, legislative process trumped democratic
principles. Republican Senators voted 18 to 1 to strip public employees
of their collective bargaining rights. It is a Pyrrhic victory and one
the GOP will regret.
The AFL-CIO has called for all of us to take a stand for solidarity on April 4th.
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in
Memphis, where he had gone to stand with sanitation workers demanding
their dream: The right to bargain collectively for a voice at work and a
better life.
That right to bargain collectively is under attack by the handmaidens of
the hyper-rich in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and dozens of other states.
What are you prepared to do?
Are you ready to organize a vigil? A rally? A teach-in? A march? Click on We Are One and find out more.
Or do you want to do more.
Is it time for a general strike? Join the discussion here.
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