TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 22, 2025 -- The members of IAM Local 1297 have ratified a new contract with Libbey Glass, effectively concluding an 18-week strike. Following over a year of negotiations, the workers’ unwavering determination proved pivotal, enabling the IAM bargaining committee to secure and retain significant rights and benefits, as well as a robust economic package. IAM District 54 President and Directing Business Representative T. Dean Wright, Jr., expressed his pride in the achievements of its members: “I am incredibly proud of the members of IAM Local 1297 and their families. They stood united in solidarity for 18 weeks,...
Maine Lobstering Union Local 207 Executive Liaison and Political Director Virginia Olsen delivered powerful testimony before the U.S. Trade Representative, urging federal officials to address long-standing inequities in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that disadvantage Maine’s lobstermen and threaten the...
Español abajo AGUADILLA, P.R., Dec. 2, 2025 – IAM Union members at Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico (LTPR) have voted to keep their union representation, defeating a decertification attempt pushed by the anti-worker National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. The...
BATH, Maine, Nov. 26, 2025 — IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) Local S6 members at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) recently held a gathering to honor the life of Amber Czech, a 20-year-old welder and educator whose life...
HONOLULU, Nov. 24, 2025 — The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Editorial Board recently endorsed the IAM Union’s (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) history of protecting the local workforce in the Alaska-Hawaiian Merger and the upcoming Union representation...