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Donna Georgallas Andy Hounshell IAM International President Bob Martinez announced Donna Georgallas will serve as Assistant Communications Director, effective January 1, 2016. Georgallas succeeds the former Assistant Communications Director Bill Upton, who retired January 1, after serving in the Communications Department for 18 years. “Donna has the experience and expertise to handle all the responsibilities
Read moreThe deadline to apply for a 2016 IAM Scholarship Award is fast approaching. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Applications must be postmarked no later than February 26, 2016 to be considered. APPLY NOW: 2016 IAM Scholarship Competition The competition is open each year to eligible IAM members in the United States and Canada
Read moreEvery day, more than 100 people in the United States take their own life. Suicide is tenth leading cause of death in the U.S., and the second leading cause of death among 15-34 year olds. No one is more aware of this than Mickey and Wanda Gryszkiewicz, of Brandywine, MD. The Gryszkeiwicz’s son, Mitchell, took
Read moreThe labor community has been standing with Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, TN since the beginning. (Photo: United Auto Workers) Following several years of fear-mongering and anti-union tactics by politicians and corporate cronies, workers in Chattanooga, TN can put one in the win column. A unit of skilled trade workers made an historic vote to be
Read moreRetired IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, left, congratulates incoming President Bob Martinez, Jr., after Martinez took his oath of office. (Photo: Bill Burke / Page One Photography) It had only happened 12 times in the IAM’s 127-year history, but this week it happened one more time. Tom Buffenbarger officially handed over the title of IAM
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