IAM members attending a recent Spanish Organizing I class at the William W. Winpisinger Education Center showed solidarity with 43 student teachers who disappeared in Mexico. IAM members added their voice to the global outrage sparked by the September 2014 disappearance and probable murder of 43 Mexican student teachers who were ambushed by police, and
Read moreMiembros de la Asociación Internacional de Maquinistas y Trabajadores Aeroespaciales (IAM) añadieron su voz a la indignación mundial provocada por la desaparición de Septiembre del 2014 y probable asesinato de 43 estudiantes para profesores (normalistas) mexicanos que fueron emboscados por la policía y ser entregados a un cartel de drogas, al alejarse de la ciudad
Read moreIAM Local 104 member Norman “Bud” Cyr is one of many CSX employees who is benefiting from an innovative labor agreement that ensures decades of work for members in Huntington, WV. When CSX Railroad served notice to outsource the rebuilding of hundreds of locomotives, IAM Local 104 members in Hungtington, WV, where CSX is one
Read moreRight-to-work (for less) laws are wrong for New Mexico and it’s time to stick with the facts, say state Democratic leaders in two op-eds published in southwestern New Mexico public television and radio station KRWG. NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS: Tell the New Mexico House of Representatives to reject Right-to-Work (For Less). A bill, recently passed by
Read moreLongtime IAM activist Clarence Gaskins, second from right, is honored with the “Lifetime of Service to Working Families” award. From left, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, Gaskins, and Connecticut State Council of Machinists President John Harrity. In 1960, IAM Local 700 member Clarence Gaskins was denied his right to vote. Last
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