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  • iMail , News May 10, 2012

    May 11 is Deadline for Newsletter, Website Photo Entries

    Friday, May 11, 2012, is the deadline to enter the 2012 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest and the 2012 IAM Photo Contest. The Newsletter and Website Contest is open to ALL good-standing local and district lodges who regularly distribute official newsletters and/or maintain regularly-updated websites. A panel of independent judges will consider newsletters published between

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  • iMail , News May 10, 2012

    Local Support Buoys Lockheed Strikers in Maryland

    Students from the Winpisinger Center have been joining District 776 members at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland who are part of the Lockheed Martin strike at facilities in Texas, Maryland and California. From left, TCU National President Robert Scardelletti, Winpisinger Center Director Chris Wagoner, District 776 Business Representative Joe Alviar, Local 776A Steward

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  • iMail , News May 8, 2012

    Right Wing Fails to Kill Export-Import Bank

    Despite an aggressive misinformation campaign by anti-government zealots at the Club for Growth and Heritage Action, legislation to reauthorize U.S. Export-Import Bank appears headed for passage in the normally fractious U.S. House of Representatives. The bank, also known as the Ex-Im Bank, provides loan guarantees for foreign companies to buy American-made products, including commercial aircraft,

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  • iMail , News May 8, 2012

    Talks Begin for New Contract at Bath Iron Works

    Shoulder to shoulder for the opening round of IAM contract negotiations with Bath Iron Works in Freeport, ME. (left to right) Eastern Territory Chief of Staff Brian Bryant, Eastern Territory GVP Lynn D. Tucker, Jr., District 4 DBR Joe Flanders, International President Tom Buffenbarger, Chief of Staff to the International President Diane Babineaux. International President

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  • iMail , News May 8, 2012

    Video Highlights ‘The Real Cost of Free Trade’ in Canada

    A video produced by Operation Maple, an online project with a mission to “Take Back Canada,” illustrates the disastrous effects unfair trade laws and the failed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have had on the country. “It is a form of violence against working people that is taking place all across the country. Men

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