Longtime aerospace negotiator and leader Jody Bennett will become IAM Resident General Vice President, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Bennett, a 33-year IAM member, initiated into IAM Local 2771 (District 776) in 1989 as an aircraft mechanic at DynCorps in Wichita Falls, Texas. He quickly became involved in the union once he and his coworkers organized
Read moreIAM’s Purpose Anthem: Security, Dignity, and Opportunity for All Your IAM Executive Council has been working on a plan to strategize how the IAM needs to continue to adapt to a changing world. We have begun this important work by partnering with the Purpose Institute. This world-renowned group helps organizations like the IAM discover, articulate
Read moreThis week, the Inaugural IAM Unity and Growth Conference, “Building Our Future Sector by Sector,” kicked off in San Diego. The 2023 IAM Unity and Growth Conference focuses on training, educating, and inspiring IAM officers, staff, activists, and other leaders to organize new members in all sectors while embracing and strengthening the diversity of our
Read moreIAM members filled the room in Nashville for a Committee on the Future Listening Session. IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President David Sullivan welcomed members and thanked them for participating in this historic event to help shape the IAM’s future.
Read moreIAM members and their families in Maui need your help to recover from the devastating wildfires in Maui. Wildfires have devastated the island of Maui. According to CNN, the wildfires that ignited on August 8 have killed at least 111 people – including children – mostly around Lahaina, an economic and cultural hub obliterated by
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