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The IAM Union is calling on all members, allies, and community supporters to mobilize now and push back against renewed efforts to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)—a public institution that for more than a century has provided reliable, affordable energy to millions and supported thousands of good union jobs for decades. This is no
Read moreRetired Southwest Airlines employee and current IAM Employee Assistance Program (EAP) instructor with District 142, Mack “Big Mack” McKinney, recounts how his union training in EAP and the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) equipped him to assist recent flood victims and first responders in Kerrville, Texas. Watch the video here. McKinney emphasized the union’s broader
Read moreThe Labor Assistance Professionals (LAP), an organization founded in 1990, is dedicated to “Labor Helping Labor.” Recently, 25 labor unions, including the IAM, gathered for their annual conference. More than 450 attendees attended seminars and were trained on different brain disorders, conditions, and other family problems members face. Watch the video here. Members were also
Read moreThe IAM Union recently joined the AFL-CIO’s “Better In A Union” Bus Tour and participated in the NAACP’s Labor Town Hall in Charlotte, where labor, community, and civil rights activists came together in a unified call for economic and social justice. WATCH: NAACP Labor Town Hall IAM Union National Legislative and Political Director Hasan Solomon
Read moreIAM Union International President Brian Bryant has announced the appointment of Demetress “Dee” Colbert as the union’s next Women’s and Young Workers Director, effective Jan. 1, 2026. Colbert will succeed Julie Frietchen, who will become the Winpisinger Center’s director on Jan. 1, 2026. Colbert brings decades of leadership and organizing experience to the role, recently serving
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