NFFE-IAM Local 178 President Lisa Foust, left, and NFFE-IAM Business Representative Elizabeth Pittaluga deliver food and water for striking Verizon workers in Baltimore. Nearly 40,000 union members across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast walked off the job when Verizon proposed outsourcing and offshoring their jobs. With nearly 40,000 Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood
Read moreTop students from Aviation High School’s class of 2016 visited the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Center to learn about unions and the aviation industry. New York City’s Aviation High School is featured in an NPR article highlighting the quality education students receive from the program, which prepares them for jobs in the aviation field right
Read moreFrom left: IAM Local 2058 members Al Norris, Bill Little, Evan Thomas and District 98 Business Representative Robert Orr. The IAM Local 2058 Negotiating Committee, along with District 98 staff members, recently participated in the Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees program at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD. Local 2058 represents skilled diesel
Read moreIAM International President Bob Martinez, right, speaks with IAM Local 86 members locked out at Triumph Composite Systems in Spokane, WA. Martinez was joined on the strike line by Western Territory General Vice President Gary Allen and District 751 President Jon Holden. (Photo: Steve Warren/IAM District 751) IAM national leaders today marched in solidarity with
Read moreThe International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday issued its much anticipated report predicting the effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the U.S. economy, and its findings are damning for American workers. “The ITC, which historically has overestimated the benefits of trade agreements, predicts that the TPP will increase our nation’s trade deficit in manufacturing,”
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