The first-ever IAM Unity and Growth Conference, “Building Our Future Sector by Sector,” will be held from Sunday, August 20 to Thursday, August 24 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel (1 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101). The 2023 IAM Unity and Growth Conference will train, educate and inspire IAM officers, staff, activists, and
Read moreIAM District 66 members recently gave back to the community by volunteering and participating in a large-scale food distribution for an organization that helps feed over 4,000 Wisconsin families monthly. On December 17, 2022, IAM District 66 members and their families assisted in the Food Fair at Wafer Food Pantry in La Crosse, WI. IAM
Read moreIAM District 751 President and Directing Business Representative Jon Holden was recently appointed to a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) panel to review Boeing’s safety management processes. The 24-member panel was required by Congress under a 2020 law to reform how the FAA certifies new airplanes. READ: U.S. FAA names experts to review Boeing safety culture after fatal crashes Reuters The appointment comes days after Congress recently reached an
Read moreIAM members from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, for the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference to listen and learn about critical issues affecting the labor movement and minorities. The conference workshops and plenary sessions focused on the labor movement’s key priorities: youth organizing, civil rights, racial and economic
Read moreToday marks the anniversary of Executive Order 10988 granting federal employees the right to collectively bargaining. On January 17, 1962, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10988, “Employee-Management Cooperation in the Federal Sector” giving federal employees a limited right to unionize and bargain with their employer agencies. This executive order led to greater equality
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