The IAM wrapped up its annual legislative conference this week to strategize and make their voices heard in Washington, DC. Nearly 350 IAM delegates attended this year’s event and participated in legislative plenaries, and heard from a range of speakers, including elected officials and allies.
Read morePORTLAND, Maine, June 16, 2023 – The Maine Lobstering Union (MLU), an affiliate of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), issued this statement following the D.C. Circuit Court’s landmark decision overturning a regulatory attack that threatened to close Maine fishing grounds.
Read moreWICHITA, Kan., June 21, 2023 – After 13 years without a fully negotiated accord and years of working to keep Spirit AeroSystems a player in the game, approximately 6,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 70, Local 839 have voted to reject Spirit’s last best and final offer.
Read moreWASHINGTON, June 21, 2023 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), representing nearly 1.4 million members across the United States, are calling on Congress to immediately pass the bipartisan Railway Safety Act (S. 576). READ: 2 craft unions press senators to act on rail safety bill FreightWaves “With
Read moreDear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends of the IAM, Juneteenth is recognized as a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. A holiday that remembers June 19, 1866, when Black Texans gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of the ending of slavery. This day marked the end of an ugly chapter in
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