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Bob “Woody” Wood James “Stretch” Litle Robert Barnwell Southern Territory representatives Bob “Woody” Wood and James “Stretch” Little have been promoted and District 131 Directing Business Representative Robert Barnwell is joining the Southern Territory staff. All three will be classified as Special Representatives. Wood, the Southern Territory Communications Representative since September 1999, has been promoted
Read moreDarryl Holloway, the assistant building facilitator at IAM Headquarters, loads of boxes of food to be donated as part of the National Association of Letters Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. The IAM Community Services Department at Headquarters, along with thousands of IAM members across the country, worked in conjunction with the National Association of
Read moreIt is with great sadness that the IAM learned today of the passing of retired General Vice President Robert Thayer. “Bob Thayer will be long remembered and greatly missed by his many friends in the IAM,” said IAM International President Bob Martinez. “Bob was a close personal friend and a true mentor. All of the
Read moreThe International Association of Machinists (IAM) District 15 and Uber this week announced an agreement through which IAM will represent all current and future for-hire vehicle drivers using Uber in New York City. Under the five-year agreement, the IAM has formed an affiliate, the Independent Drivers Guild (drivingguild.org), to give the 35,000 drivers using the
Read moreAn article by Ted Reed in The Street sheds light on how new IAM contracts with United Airlines are reversing the trend of outsourcing union jobs in the air transport industry. (Photo by: Bill Burke/Page One Photography) The IAM was recently able to secure industry-best wages, retirement security and work protection for the approximately 30,000
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