Nine IAM members and staff earned master’s degrees in union and labor administration from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. Pictured from left: Local 2339A member Cherie Morgan, Special Representative Mark Hollibush, Special Representative Bridget Fitzgerald, Grand Lodge Representative Richard Suarez, Grand Lodge Auditor Ed Delaporte, Local 751F member Hazel Powers and Local 2339A member
Read moreAn article in The New York Times brings to light a tall tale told by an Amazon manager in Delaware who was trying to dissuade workers there from organizing with the IAM. Kellen Wadach, the general manager at Amazon’s warehouse in Middletown, DE, told hundreds of workers that his father’s union didn’t help his family
Read moreMachinists Union members locked out at Triumph Composite Systems are gaining support from union workers and community advocates from across Washington state and the nation. On Wednesday, the first day of the lockout, Teamsters Union Joint Council 28 instructed its members to honor the picket lines at the Triumph plant on Flint Road. “We wish
Read moreJoin the IAM and dozens of other labor unions in participating in the 2016 “Tribute to Labor” race day at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL on September 18, 2016. The one-day event, held each year in honor of labor unions, will be a part of the kick-off race in the Chase for the NASCAR
Read moreBob “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
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