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IAM District 19 has reached a tentative five-year agreement with Amtrak covering 555 Machinists at the nation’s passenger rail carrier. The tentative agreement, covering wages, health insurance and work rules, is being sent to the Amtrak membership for review and with a ratification recommendation from District 19. “This agreement was made possible by an effective
Read moreThe 10-week internship program gives college juniors, seniors and recent graduates experience in organizing, community activism and coalition building. This year, Union Summer for Jobs participants will work with the AFL-CIO Good Jobs Now campaign in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and New York. They may help organize marches and rallies, talk with workers
Read moreForty maintenance employees at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Limited, are the newest members of the IAM in Canada. “The company fought this certification but in the end, the Alberta Labour Board sided with the Machinists,” said District 14 Directing Business Representative Rick Arsenault. “Unlike most organizing campaigns, this one was not about money. We
Read moreMore than 700 Machinists gathered in Houston this week for a rally to urge supporters of the U.S. manned space program to send a message that could be heard all the way back in Washington, D.C. Click here to view ‘Houston, We Have a Message,’ an IAM video about the rally. “It’s time
Read moreThe 11 workers missing and presumed dead after an explosion and fire on an oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico are just the latest to perish in a string of workplace tragedies that are giving added weight to this year’s Workers’ Memorial Day events on April 28. Earlier this month, 29 miners were
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