IAM International President Bob Martinez was sworn-in this week as an executive Board member of the 4.4 million-member Alliance for Retired Americans. The swearing-in marks the latest chapter of the IAM’s ongoing association the Alliance, where former IAM International Presidents George Kourpias and Tom Buffenbarger served as President and Board member, respectively. Retired IAM Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr. serves as the current president of the Alliance.
Read moreThanks to massive public opposition, there’s little chance that the job-killing, planet-destroying Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will be voted on before the November election. Thanks to IAM members like you speaking out, being pro-TPP has become a huge political liability for any elected official. So what are the corporations behind the TPP trying to do? They
Read moreJust days after an IAM delegation testified and offered job-saving amendments to a bill affecting how Air Canada conducts its aircraft maintenance, the Canadian Senate voted to allow the carrier to take more work out of the country. When the Senate passed Bill C-10, the Air Canada Public Participation Act, it immediately endangered hundreds of
Read moreThe upcoming election is really, really important. We have to stand up for our values: good, sustainable jobs; access to post-secondary education and apprenticeships; racial and gender justice; trade deals that work for working people; and more. That’s why the AFL-CIO’s NextUp Young Worker group is launching an effort to make sure young people are
Read moreIAMAW member Dean McCoy, of Local Lodge 1969 in Kentucky, testified before the United States International Trade Commission about the effects of unfair Chinese imports on American workers. McCoy is a tank car loader at Arkema, where machinists union members make refrigerants and other products that many of us take for granted. McCoy and the
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