For the more than 400 men and women working at Continental Automotive in Newport News, VA, shock was the only word to describe the emotion they felt as they saw the company’s last, best and final offer.
Read moreDon’t miss the chance to show your talent and feature your lodge members in the next IAM Calendar. Enter the 2018 IAM Photography Contest. The entry deadline is June 1, 2018.
Read moreJAN. 31, 2018, WASHINGTON, DC – Machinists Union International President Robert Martinez Jr., released the following statement on the decision by Electrolux to close its St. Cloud, Minn., facility: “I want my Sisters and Brothers to know that I share your anger over the decision by Electrolux management to stop operations in St. Cloud. The
Read moreThe Machinists Union is working collaboratively to launch organizing campaigns at locations across the U.S. and Canada.
Read moreOn February 1, 1968, while on the job emptying trash in a white neighborhood, Memphis, TN sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker huddled in the back of their truck to seek shelter from a storm. When the truck’s compactor suddenly malfunctioned, the two became trapped and were crushed death.
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