District 19 General Chairmen are continuing their fight at BNSF against subcontracting and continue to win for our members. General Chairman Kenny Krause was notified by General Chairman John Denny and Local Chairman Matthew Walock of work that was being sent out of the Northtown shop in Minneapolis and going off-property to a subcontractor for heavy
Read moreThe 2023 IAM North American Transportation in Las Vegas concluded today and its 1,000 delegates from the Air Transport Territory, Rail Division and Canadian Territory took part in a program that included guest speakers and group strategy sessions. IAM members were able to hear speeches from IAM leadership and department heads and labor allies such
Read moreIAM Rail Division activism and solidarity was on full display this week at the 2023 IAM North American Transportation Conference. This was the first appearance at the IAM Transportation Conference since the launching of the new division in early 2022, which resulted after the 2012 merger agreement between TCU/IAM and the IAM, which comprises TCU/IAM
Read moreThis past week, IAM Headquarters General Vice President Brian Bryant and leadership of the IAM Rail Division met with IAM Local 625 members at CSX in Waycross, GA. Traveling with Bryant was Josh Hartford, IAM Special Assistant to the International President for the Rail Division, along with Special Representative Derrick Battle. Local 625 also welcomed
Read moreThe IAM Rail Division is proud to announce that IAM District 19 and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM), which are part of the Shop-Craft Coalition, have reached a tentative agreement with Amtrak. The specific terms of the tentative agreement have been approved by the Amtrak Board of Directors. The agreement will be presented to the
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