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The IAM mourns the death of California District Lodge 725 Assistant Directing Business Representative Robert “Bob” R. Gutierrez, who passed away on July 12, 2013. A member of the IAM since 1977, Gutierrez served as Shop Steward at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Palmdale, CA. In 1994, he was elected to become the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Read moreSurrounded by congressional leaders, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965 in the President’s Room of the Capitol. Tuesday, August 6, 2013 marks the 48th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Voting Rights Act. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill into law in 1965 saying, “Millions of
Read moreRetired IAM Local 1000 member Ruth Waddell was the first African American to work at the General Electric plant in Bloomington, IL. (Credit: McLean County Museum of History) The IAM’s 125-year history has its share of noted human rights leaders and activists, but never before has the union’s rolls been graced by a woman quite
Read moreAllegations that organizers for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) forged hundreds of authorization cards in an effort to force an election among mechanics at American Airlines is shaping up to be a major issue in a separate election among mechanics at US Airways. According to declarations submitted to the National Mediation Board (NMB) by
Read moreThe U.S. Senate has confirmed all five National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nominees, giving the country’s top governing body for labor disputes a full slate of nominees for the first time in a decade. President Obama’s two replacement nominees – Kent Hirozawa, the former top counsel to NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce, and past AFL-CIO Associate
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