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  • Government Employees , iMail , News May 3, 2016

    Thank You, Public Service Workers

    Celebrated in the first week of May since 1985, Public Service Recognition Week honors the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees. Members of the IAM and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) include doctors and nurses who care for veterans at the VA, first responders

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  • iMail , Local News , News April 28, 2016

    Fallen IAM Members Mourned on Workers’ Memorial Day

    A rose sits on a newly laid brick in honor of fallen TCU-IAM Local 5092 member Peter Adamovich, a 34-year Amtrak employee who was killed on the job while trying to save a colleague. IAM International President Bob Martinez speaks offers condolences and a promise to continue to fight for safer workplaces at the IAM

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  • iMail , News April 28, 2016

    IAM to Congress: Airport Customer Service Agents Deserve Protection

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill being debated in Congress isn’t complete until the Senate includes language protecting airport Customer Service Agents from assault, write IAM Transportation General Vice President Sito Pantoja and Transportation Trades Department President Edward Wytkind in The Hill. READ: FAA Authorization Should Not Move Forward Without Commonsense Protections for Customer

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  • iMail , News April 28, 2016

    Machinists Succeed in Moving Forward Funding for United Launch Alliance Rockets

    IAM Local 44 members pose with NASA Commercial Crew astronauts who will use their rockets to travel to the International Space Station in 2017. The IAM’s lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill paid off when a House committee approved an amendment allowing United Launch Alliance (ULA) to obtain 18 RD-180 rocket engines. The IAM has hundreds

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  • Community Services , iMail , News April 28, 2016

    IAM Members Lend Hand to Flooded Houston Community

    Some of the IAM District 141 members who volunteered to prepare and pass out food and bottled water to people affected by the recent historic Houston flood. Houston is reeling after a historic Tax Day deluge dropped up to 24 inches of rain in parts of the metro area. Hit especially hard was Greenspoint, a

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