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General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., announced the appointment of Dora Cervantes as Assistant Secretary to the General Secretary-Treasurer (GST) effective July 1, 2012. Currently a Special Assistant to the GST and former Grand Lodge Representative (GLR) in the Transportation Department, Cervantes initiated into IAM Local 2198 in Houston, TX in 1989 as a Reservations Agent
Read moreIAM members of District 776 employed by Lockheed Martin will vote this week on an improved contract offer which, if ratified, would end the strike that began on April 23. Ratification requires a simple majority and will take place in Ft. Worth on June 28. Results will be announced following the vote. Key economic features
Read moreDon’t miss your chance to have your photo featured in the 2013 IAM Calendar! The deadline for the IAM Photo Contest has been extended to July 9, 2012. The annual IAM Photo Contest showcases IAM members and the many jobs they do. Photos should be of IAM or TCU members in good standing and taken
Read moreAmerican Rights at Work (ARAW) honored IAM Woodworkers Department Chief of Staff Bill Street (right) for his hard work and dedication in organizing IKEA workers in Danville, VA, last summer. Street was presented with the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, an award given each year to individuals who have helped champion workers’ rights and human
Read more“To say that we’re disappointed in the arbitrator’s award would be an understatement,” said District 140 President Chuck Atkinson in response to a ruling by a Canadian arbitrator in the long-running contract dispute between Air Canada and IAM District 140. The arbitrator, who was appointed after the Canadian government passed legislation in March to bar
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