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This article was featured in the Winter 2025-2026 IAM Journal and was written by IAM Communications Representative John Lett. The IAM Union in Clarksville, Tenn., recently ratified a historic four-year contract at Trane Technologies, one of the oldest manufacturing plants in that area and a legendary producer of commercial heating and air units. Members of
Read moreThis article was featured in the Winter 2025-2026 IAM Journal and was written by IAM Communications Representative Angela Colaizzi. Longtime IAM Midwest Territory International Representatives Chris Tucker and Geny Ulloa have experienced almost every kind of union organizing campaign. No matter the industry, there’s a typical process for building a union. But when it comes
Read moreThis article was featured in the Winter 2025-2026 IAM Journal and was written by IAM Communications Representative Bill Harkum. The 2025 IAM Transportation Conference gathered more than 800 IAM delegates from the Air Transport and Rail Divisions of the IAM Union at the biennial convention this summer in Las Vegas. The purpose of this year’s
Read moreThis article was featured in the Winter 2025-2026 IAM Journal and was written by IAM Communications Representatives Angela Colaizzi. Well before contract talks for Connecticut Locals 700 and 1746 (District 26) began with Pratt & Whitney, IAM Union members were building solidarity for what they anticipated would be a showdown. Members at the company’s Middletown
Read moreThis article was featured in the Winter 2025-2026 IAM Journal and was written by IAM Communications Representatives John Carr. After nearly two years without raises and working under expired conditions, a coalition of powerful rail unions, including IAM Local 318, Transportation Communications Union/IAM (TCU/IAM),the Brotherhood Railway Carmen (BRC), and American Railway and Airway Supervisors Association
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