Congress is on the verge of stripping due process rights from every non-management Veterans Affairs (VA) employee – including whistleblowers and the over 100,000 veterans employed by the VA. Supporters of the dubiously-named “VA Accountability Act” (H.R. 1994) claim that the VA is unable to eliminate poor performers. In fact, the VA fired 2,247 employees
Read moreThe IAM Veteran Services Program is in place to help our union members who have served in or are retired from the military. As part of that program’s development, 15 veterans from across the U.S. and Canada took part in a week-long planning session at the William W. Winpisinger Center. One of the participants was
Read moreIAM District 9, Local 1745 in Warrenton, MO recently became one of the veterans and social organizations to support the “Tribute to Veterans Memorial” in Warren County. Local 1745 Officers and members present check to help build the veterans memorial. The “Tribute to Veterans” memorial honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice and the families
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