Owen Herrnstadt, IAM Chief of Staff to International President Robert Martinez, Jr., appeared on the Rick Smith Show Monday to discuss Joe Biden’s manufacturing plan. Herrnstadt also serves as the IAM’s Director of Trade and Globalization. Herrnstadt called Biden’s plan for manufacturing and innovation “realistic, comprehensive, promising, refreshing” and one of the best he’s seen. “It’s not only
Read moreThe Daleville, AL Local 2003 Retiree Committee honored their retirees for reaching years of service milestones ranging from 30 years to 65 years and awarded pins and certificates signifying their years of service. A few of these members, Brothers Dennis Lee, Bobby Bowden and Jerry Obie Goodson were a part of helping to win the
Read moreThe IAM’s strong advocacy on Capitol Hill has advanced funding for critical defense work on a variety of programs for Machinists Union members from coast to coast. A long-time priority of the IAM, enhancing Buy American standards for major defense programs, also won approval in the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Read moreWASHINGTON, July 21, 2020 – As a strike of 4,300 IAM Local S6 members in Bath, Maine enters the fifth week, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is asking the U.S. Navy to shed some light on Bath Iron Works’ claims that the Navy has requested additional subcontracting at the shipyard. Throughout
Read moreIt is with great sadness that the IAM announces the passing of Wayne Camp, a longtime union officer and retired Grand Lodge Representative from the Southern Territory and former Great Lakes Territory. Camp, 73, the beloved father of IAM Research Analyst Gwendolyn Camp, passed away on July 15, 2020. Camp, a U.S. Air Force veteran
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