IAM Western Territory General Vice President Gary Allen and IAM District Lodge W24 President/Directing Business Representative Chip Elliott talking with Machinist members on strike at Daimler in Portland, OR. With the strike at the Daimler Trucks North America plant in Portland, OR going on its third week, members of IAM Local Lodge 1005 continue to
Read morePresident Obama will nominate two longtime labor lawyers to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), withdrawing two previously appointed candidates as part of a new deal to fully staff the NLRB and avert what is known as the “nuclear option” – a plan by Senate Democrats to eliminate filibusters of presidential nominations in the future.
Read moreWith more than 100,000 members working in industries directly impacted by global trade agreements, the IAM is calling on negotiators for the pending Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to make job creation and maintenance the major objective in their discussions. “In order to negotiate an agreement that will create jobs, not cost jobs, and
Read moreIAM District 751 retiree Ron McGaha, left, raps about saving Social Security in a 2011 video entitled “Scrap the Cap.” In an ironic twist of events, by popular vote the pro-Social Security video recently won an anti-Social Security video contest sponsored by conservative billionaire Peter G. Peterson. The IAM salutes District 751 retiree Ron McGaha,
Read moreMembers of IAM Local 3 won a new two-year deal restoring previous cuts in wages and debt benefits. Pictured from left to right, Local 3 Secretary-Treasurer Bruce M. Cole, President Andre` Gipson, District W2 ADBR Valerie J. Rodriguez and Local 3 Steward Ken Hardin. Not pictured: Local 3 Steward Stephen E. Leet, Vice President James
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