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IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. has appointed IAM Grand Lodge Representative Mike Evans as the new Assistant Director of Organizing. Evans is a 30-year veteran of the aerospace industry and a longtime IAM member. He has a wealth of experience as one of the lead organizers in the IAM Organizing Department, organizing workers and
Read moreBRUNSWICK, Maine, Sept. 7, 2023 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has filed an Unfair Labor Charge (ULP) against Staples after management at a Brunswick, Maine retail store fired one of its employees, a strong union supporter, just ahead of the Labor Day weekend. The ULP charge, filed with the National Labor
Read moreThe IAM Organizing Department recently won a hard-fought organizing campaign to represent 103 workers at Vaderstad, Inc., an agricultural equipment manufacturer in Wahpeton, N.D. Production workers at the facility make air seeders and tillage equipment for the Sweden-based company. The campaign was won by IAM Organizing Department Grand Lodge Representative Dennis Mendenhall with support from
Read moreA strategic organizing initiative between the IAM Organizing Department and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) has netted more than 1,000 new members within NFFE, Federal District 1, located across multiple states, agencies, and sectors, in the last year. This impressive membership growth is the product of multiple organizing drives – some of them
Read moreIAM Organizing Director Vinny Addeo and Organizing Department staff recently conducted their new Basic Training for Organizers (BTO) program for Midwest Territory organizers at Local 701 in Aurora, Ill.
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