The 2013 IAM Transportation Conference is the first to be chaired by IAM Transportation General Vice President Sito Pantoja, right. Also pictured, left to right, IAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux, IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., and IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. The 2013 IAM Transportation Conference convened in Las Vegas, NV on the
Read moreNorth Carolina has become the first domino to fall in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). A Washington Post editorial says the state’s new voting law, made possible by GOP majorities in both houses of the state legislature and a Republican governor, “takes the war on voting
Read moreFifty years ago this year, Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr., TCU/IAM’s own A. Philip Randolph and Civil Rights Activist Bayard Rustin led a gathering of Americans from all walks of life in a march on the Nation’s Capital to demand a better way of life, to banish discrimination and to secure the notion that a
Read moreUnioNation performed original songs and classic hits at a celebration commemorating the IAM’s 125th anniversary at Local Lodge 709 in Marietta, GA. Their CD is expected to be available for purchase before the end of the year. (Bill Burke / Page One Photography). IAM members express their solidarity in a number of ways – on
Read moreMembers of the Okeelanta Corp. Negotiating Committee met at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD to strategize for their upcoming contract negotiations with the company. The Negotiating Committee for over 550 IAM Local Lodge 2152 members at South Bay, FL-based sugar manufacturer Okeelanta Corp. met at the William W. Winpisinger Center recently to
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