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The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm former IAM General Counsel Allison Beck as Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). Beck becomes the first woman director of the agency, which helps mediate disputes between unions and companies. “Allison Beck’s confirmation as the new FMCS Director validates what the IAM has always known,”
Read moreNew shop stewards at ATK in Lake City, MO attend training at the IAM’s William Winpisinger Training Center. Working conditions at defense contractor ATK’s Lake City, MO plant got so poor that Carolyn Treffer, a 33-year ATK employee, realized a union was the only way things were going to improve. Treffer and her co-workers make
Read moreRegistration for the first cohort of classes in the new IAM/Empire State College (ESC) Partnership is fast approaching. Applicants must have all materials in by August 14, 2015 to be considered for online classes beginning September 14, 2015. The residency at the IAM’s Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD begins on September 20. Prior to registering
Read moreIAM General Secretary Treasurer-elect Dora Cervantes has appointed Porfirio “Josh” Diaz as a Grand Lodge Auditor, effective August 1, 2015. Diaz, a member of IAM Local 794, will serve lodges in Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California and parts of Colorado, Utah and Nevada. “As an emerging leader in the IAM’s Young Machinists program, Josh will
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., speaks in support of the “Keeping Our Pension Promises Act” at a press conference in Washington, DC. IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., who is retiring July 31, 2015, will continue the fight to protect pensions for American workers as the newest member on the Board of Directors at
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