The IAM will hold the 2016 Federal Employees Advanced Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD, July 17-22, 2016. The registration deadline for this class is May 9, 2016. In order to attend this program you must have first completed the Basic Federal Program. Helpful for stewards, officers and
Read moreIAM members had a chance to meet with former President Bill Clinton while he was campaigning for his wife before the Connecticut primary. From left: U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), District 26 Business Representative Pat Buzzee, Connecticut State Council of Machinists (CSCM) Treasurer Kirby Boyce, CSCM President John Harrity, Clinton, U.S. Rep. John Larson (D-CT),
Read moreDave Sullivan Doug Sizemore IAM District 4 Directing Business Representative Dave Sullivan and former Eastern Territory Education Representative Doug Sizemore have been appointed Special Representatives in the IAM’s Eastern Territory. Sullivan, a 28-year IAM member, initially joined the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSWA) when he began working as a shipbuilder
Read moreIAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Phil Gruber speaks during a rally opposing Wisconsin’s “right-to-work” bill before the state’s GOP-majority legislature passed the measure in February 2015. (Photo: Ben Brewer for The New York Times) A Wisconsin Circuit Court judge who sided with the IAM and other unions by ruling the state’s “right-to-work” law unconstitutional
Read moreIAM Local 2323 member Ian Henrey was killed on the job at Toronto Pearson International Airport on April 22, 2016. The ramp at Toronto Pearson International Airport is still a somber place following a tragic accident that took the life of IAM Local 2323 member Ian Henrey on April 22, 2016. “Our thoughts and our
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