Peter Adamovich On April 3, 2016, Amtrak Train 89 collided with a backhoe performing track maintenance work in the Northeast Corridor near Chester, PA. The accident took the lives of two Amtrak track workers and injured approximately three dozen passengers aboard the train. TCU-IAM ARASA Lodge 5092 member Peter Adamovich was the supervisor who
Read moreAFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler is the youngest officer to sit on the labor federation’s executive council. As the Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, Liz Shuler holds the second highest position in an organization of nearly 12.5 million union workers. Shuler took some time out of her busy schedule to sit down with the IAM’s ViewPoint
Read moreIAM Western Territory General Vice President Gary Allen addressed the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice in San Diego. From left: ICWJ of San Diego Board Member Rev. A. Wayne Riggs, Allen and ICWJ Executive Director Rabbi Laurie Coskey. The labor and faith communities share common goals, struggles and values, said IAM Western Territory General Vice
Read moreThe IAM Local 289 Negotiating Committee recently completed the Negotiation Preparation Program at the Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD. First row, from left: Negotiating Committee members Clay Procter, Greg Domingues and Andy Kulp. Second row: President Bill Robey, Negotiating Committee member Robert Peters and District 160 Business Representative Paul Miller. The negotiating committee for IAM
Read moreIAM Local 1238 members, known as the “Triumphant Twelve,” earned a long-awaited pay day when they won a more than $263,000 arbitration case against Mystique Casino in Dubuque, IA. Pictured left to right, seated: Pat Ott, Rachel Schut, Pat Felderman. Standing: Kay Finn, Diana Fettkether, District 6 Business Representative Gary Papenheim, Jill Lindecker, Janet Schmit,
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