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IAM Supports Medicare for All; Oppose Graham-Cassidy plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act

IAM International President Bob Martinez issued the following statement on the Machinists Support of Medicare for All Act of 2017 and sent letter to every U.S. senator voicing IAM’s opposition to the Graham-Cassidy plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act
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Tell your representative: Commit to vote no on NAFTA corporate power grab!

If you live in North America, we need you to make sure your government representative stops a corporate power grab in the new NAFTA renegotiations.
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IAM Locals come together before upcoming ULA negotiations

A trio of local lodges from Alabama, Florida and California sent representatives to the William W. Winpisinger Center recently for an intensive week of training in preparation for upcoming contract negotiations with United Launch Alliance (ULA).
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IAM Members Affected by Hurricane Maria

IAM members in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been slammed by two powerful hurricanes in the last two weeks (Irma and Maria). IAM members in the affected areas are facing a long and trying road to recovery, including IAM members in Florida (Hurricane Irma) and Texas (Hurricane Harvey).
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Tell Your Senators to Combat Toxic Cabin Air on Airplanes

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) along with Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the Cabin Air Safety Act, a bill that seeks to protect airline passengers and cabin crew from toxic cabin air.
Tell Congress to stop the attack on Federal Workers

The Federal Workers Alliance, including IAM government employees and National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) members need your help now.
Tell Congress to Protect The Department of Housing and Urban Development and Fight the Trump Administration’s Budget Cuts

Federal Workers, including IAM government employees and National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) members need your help now to fight budget cuts to The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Tell Congress to Protect Federal Workers’ ‘Official Time’

Federal Workers, including IAM government employees and National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) members need your help now to protect their rights to fair union representation. Congress is targeting the very existence of federal employee unions.

IAM National Government Employees Conference kicks off in Nevada

Machinists members, labor leaders and civil servants hit the ground running during day one of the first-ever IAM National Government Employees Conference in Clarke County, Nevada.
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IAM Exposes MBTA Cronyism

Watch IAMAW Special Representative Craig Hughes name names during a hearing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal and Management Control Board hearing on September 18, 2017 in Boston, after Local Lodge 264 rallied outside to stop privatization. For more information: https://dontgiveawaythembta.net
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Keep Public Transportation Public

Massachusetts Governor, Charlie Baker, wants to privatize hundreds of MBTA bus maintenance services at the Lynn, Quincy and Boston facilites by bidding out jobs to for profit companies.
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Machinists Announce Mass Support for Devastated Hurricane Victims

IAM International President Robert Martinez, Jr. says he, and thousands of Machinists members, are ready to assist and support relief efforts after deadly hurricanes pounded parts of North America. If you’d like to donate money to aid efforts, please visit IAM Disaster Relief Fund.
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