The IAM has launched the IAM Strike Fund on goIAM.org to benefit members enduring a strike, creating a unique opportunity for IAM members and supporters who wish to provide aid. Providing additional support to sisters and brothers from across this great union to the mantra of – “one day longer” etches our Fighting Machinists’ solidarity in stone.
Read moreIn celebration of International Women’s Day, our sisters gathered for a group photo at the 2022 Western Territory Officer and Staff Conference in San Diego, CA. “It is an enormously proud moment for me to see so many women in leadership positions at every level in the Western Territory,” said Western Territory General Vice President
Read moreApproximately 350 cargo warehouse and office workers at Swissport in Newark, NJ is taking a big step toward joining the IAM. The IAM Transportation Department on Tuesday filed for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board. “Workers at Swissport deserve to have North America’s largest and strongest airline union fighting for them,”
Read moreMore than 100 workers at the Cascades Containerboard facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y. have overwhelmingly ratified a strong first collective bargaining agreement. The facility’s group of more than 100 workers voted to join the Machinists Union in April 2019 and have been attempting to bargain for a fair contract for nearly three years. Cascades Containerboard, a
Read moreDuring Women’s History Month this year, the IAM is highlighting current trailblazers in the union. Are you an IAM Sister interested in taking a more active role in your union? Reach out to your District leadership about the IAM Leadership Assembly of Dedicated Sisters (LEADS) Program. Jana Kirch began her IAM career in 1993, the
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