About 30 IAM members from around the U.S. were selected to attend training in April at the IAM’s Winpisinger Center to prepare to assist IAM military veterans in obtaining earned benefits from the U.S. Veterans Affairs Administration (VA). Some were veterans themselves, and others are volunteers who want to stand up as allies for veterans
Read moreMembers from IAM Local 4 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River and from IAM Local 2424 at Aberdeen Proving Ground recently testified before the House Appropriations Committee of the Maryland General Assembly. A bill to increase the number of scholarships available to dependents of active duty military service members killed in the line of duty
Read moreThe IAM Veterans Service Program has added a new Veterans Advocate Training program to be held at the IAM’s Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Md., from April 7 to April 12, 2024. The deadline to register is Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Read moreIAM Veterans Services Coordinator Rich Evans has been appointed as a Special Government Employee (SGE) to serve as a member of the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation.
Read moreIAM International President Brian Bryant has appointed Bryan Stymacks as the Assistant Veterans Services Coordinator, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Stymacks, a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, has been an IAM member for 16 years, hiring on with an IAM-represented employer as an Aviation Support Mechanic. His journey with the IAM began in 2007, and he
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