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IAM Journal Addresses Critical Skills Shortage The need to provide young workers with apprenticeship programs, technical and vocational education and affordable alternatives to a four-year college education is the focus of the latest issue of the IAM Journal, the award-winning publication of the Machinists Union. While labor economists are predicting a shortage of 21 million
Read moreAmtrak PEB Report Supports Rail Labor The Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) that was appointed in December to investigate the long-running contract dispute between Amtrak and nine labor unions issued its report to President George W. Bush on December 30, 2007. The lengthy report recommends adoption of nearly all of labor’s proposals. The PEB agreed with
Read moreIAM Files Election Petition for Lockheed Flight Specialists The IAM today filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for an election to represent 850 Automated Flight Service Specialists (AFSS) employed by Lockheed Martin. The IAM currently represents more than 15,000 Lockheed Martin employees under thirty-five contracts at forty-six sites nationwide. More than half
Read moreIAM Debuts ‘Training Wheels’ Issue Ad The IAM is rolling out ‘Training Wheels,’ a brand new issue ad to highlight the alarming lack of skilled training opportunities for America’s next generation of workers. While half a trillion dollars of local, state and federal money are spent each year on higher education, nearly all of it
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