FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chesapeake Raytheon Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Join Machinists Union WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2019 – A group of 60 workers at the Raytheon Co. in Chesapeake, Va., voted more than 75 percent in favor of joining the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The group consists of engineering technicians, radar operators,
Read moreWASHINGTON, June 21, 2019 – A group of 186 distribution center workers at IKEA distribution centers in Joliet and Minooka, Ill. voted this Wednesday and Thursday to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). IKEA is in the process of transitioning work from Minooka to its new facility in Joliet. “These hard-working
Read moreMore than 70 members of Congress, led by U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), sent a letter demanding answers from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg about workplace procedures and recent terminations of six IAM union supporters at Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner production facility in North Charleston, S.C..
Read moreMore than 60 remote pilot operators and air traffic control instructors at the Washington Consulting Group (WCG) in New York voted overwhelmingly in favor of IAM representation last week.
Read moreIAM members and community supporters hosted a rally in Portland, OR demanding Precision Castparts sit down at the bargaining table with 100 welders who voted to go IAM last September.
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