UAW President Dennis Williams discusses the formation of Local 42 for Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, TN. (Photo by Joan Silvi) Workers at the Volkswagen (VW) manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, TN will now have the opportunity to join UAW Local 42. The recent announcement comes despite a narrowly-lost union election in February that was heavily influenced
Read moreBoeing, manufacturer of the 787-9 Dreamliner (above), logged over $40 billion worth of orders at the recent Farnborough Air Show in England. As multinational aerospace companies gathered at the Farnborough Air Show in England, the IAM and delegates from the IndustriALL Global Union met to confront challenges facing the millions of aerospace workers around the
Read moreDL 19 Assistant President/General Chairman John Lacey and NY State Governor Andrew Coumo, right, who was instrumental in getting the MTA to move toward a fair agreement. Within days of a strike that would have shut down the nation’s largest commuter railroad, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), its partner the Transportation
Read moreInternational President Tom Buffenbarger announced the appointment of Joe Stassi as Transportation Department Special Representative. Stassi, a 24-year IAM veteran, initiated into Local Lodge 914 in Newark, NJ in 1990 as a United Airlines ramp servicemen. Joe then transferred to Local Lodge 1886 in Denver, CO and then to Local Lodge 2508 in Orlando, FL
Read moreThe 2014 IAM Automotive Conference is scheduled for October 7-10, 2014 at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Registration will take place Tuesday, October 7 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. and again on Wednesday, October 8 from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. The conference begins Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. and will conclude
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