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International President Tom Buffenbarger has appointed Rickey Wallace from Tennessee District 711 as a Special Representative on the Southern Territory Staff, effective December 1, 2015. Wallace is a 35-year IAM member who initiated into Local 1296 in Clarksville, TN in 1980. He became active in his local as a shop steward and was later elected
Read moreThe IAM has extended the enrollment deadlines for its first two 2016 Federal Employees Basic Programs being conducted at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Applications for the February 7-12, 2016 class are now due by December 15, 2015. Click here to download the application. Applications for the February 28
Read moreIAM members kicked off the first cohort of students to pursue labor studies degrees through a partnership between the IAM and SUNY’s Empire State College. That partnership has now expanded to include a master’s degree track, as well as a bachelors and associates. IAM members can now earn a master’s degree in labor studies through
Read moreIAM Local 1871 members marked their 25th year of providing Thanksgiving dinners to needy families in the Groton, CT area. From left: Rick Ravenelle, Steward; Jon Papski, Secretary-Treasurer; Snuffy Smith, Retired President; Andy Miller, Recording Secretary; and Jim Underhill, Vice President. A food pantry run by IAM Local 1871 in Groton, CT, marks its 25th year
Read moreAfter more than six years of company delay and politically-inspired stalling, 220 Huntington Ingalls Shipyard workers in Newport News, VA will soon be able to negotiate an IAM collective bargaining agreement. The workers, known as Radiological Control Monitors Techs (RCTs), originally held a union representation election in 2009 while employed by Northrup Grumman. After the
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