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  • iMail , News June 5, 2014

    Congress Gets Graded on Senior-Related Issues

    Where do your representatives in Congress stand on issues related to seniors? The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) recently released its annual report detailing the voting record of every U.S. Representative and Senator on issues important to current and future retirees. Click here to view to view the voting records. he voting record looks at

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  • iMail , News June 3, 2014

    IAM, NFFE-IAM Mourn Two Union Activists

    Kenneth E. Richey IAM and NFFE-IAM members are mourning the loss of retired IAM Grand Lodge Representative Kenneth E. Richey and NFFE Veterans Affairs (VA) Council President Robert “Bob” Redding. Richey passed away at his home in Sun City West, AZ on May 2, 2014. He was three days shy of his 84th birthday on

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  • iMail , News June 3, 2014

    Seattle City Council Approves $15 Minimum Wage, Highest in Country

    The Seattle City Council voted to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, making it the latest in a growing trend of cities and states raising workers’ wages. The Seattle City Council voted unanimously to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, making the Emerald City’s minimum wage the highest in

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  • iMail , News June 3, 2014

    Still Time to Enter IAM Photo Contest

    “Building the Gearbox” took first place in the 2013 photo contest. Here, Local 31 Journeyman John Stroy and Apprentice Kirk Allen rebuild a coal mill gearbox at the Omaha Power District’s North Station. Photographed by Michael Milledge, Local 31, Omaha Public Power District, Omaha, NE. IAM photographers still have a chance to showcase the work

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  • iMail , News May 29, 2014

    Two Illinois Machinists Injured in Casting Facility Blast

    Two members of IAM Local 660 in East Alton, IL were injured in what is being described as an explosion in the casting facility at Olin Brass. One member was taken to the hospital, treated and released. Another was transported by helicopter to a St. Louis hospital and is in serious condition. Details of the

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