ESPAÑOL WAUKEGAN, Ill., April 18, 2024 – U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, together with U.S. Representative Bradley Scott Schneider (D-Ill.), have come forward to support the approximately 500 hardworking employees of Thermoflex who are fighting for their right to unionize with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). Thermoflex is a
Read moreWASHINGTON, April 17, 2024 – The 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is applauding the Biden-Harris administration’s historic actions to protect U.S. shipbuilding and steel manufacturing workers, including launching a U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) investigation into China’s unfair trade practices in shipbuilding. The actions are the result of a petition filed by
Read moreWASHINGTON, April 16, 2024 — Brian Bryant, International President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), recently sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall expressing the IAM’s opposition to the planned retirement of the U-2 fleet by Fiscal Year 2026. Read the
Read moreRep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.) recently announced $497 million in funding to support F135 engine modernization, which supports thousands of Connecticut manufacturing jobs and nearly 100 suppliers across the state.
Read moreAs one IAM retiree put it, “Do what you can, when you can.” But this retiree happens to be former IAM Organizing Director Larry Washam. His comments were made as a lifetime achievement plaque to honor him was presented at the February retiree meeting of “Atomic” Local 480 (District 1888) in Oak Ridge, Tenn. After
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