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Winter 2023-2024 IAM Journal The IAM Air Transport Territory has been working toward building momentum with new and young members entering the airline industry. With an influx of new and young members over the last couple of years and in the coming few years, leaders in Air Transport locals are looking to teach their replacements
Read moreThe Tennessee State Council of Machinists recently held its fall conference meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Approximately 40 delegates traveled to attend to discuss current state and federal legislative issues and be educated on what pro-labor topics are essential for IAM members to be made aware of on the shop floor. Tennessee State Council of Machinists
Read moreThe Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) recently hosted a day-long symposium called “Preparing for Retirement: Individual and Collective Efforts” at the AFL-CIO’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Clear here for symposium resources and materials. The symposium brought together government officials, labor movement leaders, policy experts, Social Security and pension advocates, academics, economists, attorneys, and people who
Read moreThe IAM recently endorsed the Empowering Striking Workers Act, a bill that U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), introduced to Congress this week. The proposed law would allow striking workers to collect unemployment benefits two weeks after a strike begins, at the start of a lockout, or when the
Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2023 — Richie Johnsen, Air Transport Territory General Vice President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), America’s largest airline union, released the following statement following the U.S. Senate’s 98-0 vote to confirm President Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Michael Whitaker: “With so many challenges
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