Doncaster employees in Chula Vista, CA celebrate their decision to be represented by IAM District Lodge 947. A group of 154 workers employed by Doncasters Group Ltd. in Chula Vista, CA have voted decisively to be represented by IAM District Lodge 947. The workers manufacture precision components and assemblies for aerospace, automotive and various other
Read moreThe IAM is encouraging members of Congress to sign a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the swift consideration of President Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The letter, being circulated by Reps. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Joe Courtney (D-CT), criticizes McConnell (R-KY) and the GOP for their “ideological obstruction”
Read moreAerial view of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, OK, where IAM member George Rogers found his 9-year old son alive after a mile-wide tornado destroyed the structure. IAM members in the nation’s midsection are no strangers to the wrath of Mother Nature; from hurricanes on the Gulf Coast to twisters in the nation’s
Read moreA group of 139 House Democrats are urging the quick confirmation of Labor Secretary Nominee Thomas Perez. The letter to Senate leadership lauded Perez’s “distinguished record of accomplishments and experience from his career in public service at the local, state and federal levels. “Known by those who have worked with him for his consensus-building, collaborative
Read moreJerry Dargitz District 751 lost a long-time union activist with the passing of Grand Lodge Rep/Organizer Jerry Dargitz on April 7. Dargitz spent decades improving the lives of workers and their families. His union leadership was instrumental in securing contract language changes that still have a huge impact on the membership today. Dargitz hired into
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