The IAM mourns the death of District 4 Directing Business Representative Joe Flanders. Flanders died unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at his home in Mechanic Falls, ME. He was 58 years old. Flanders became an IAM member in December 1988 and was elected to serve as a Business Representative for District 4 in January
Read moreFriday, April 25, 2014 is the deadline to complete and return enrollment forms for the Federal Employees’ Collective Bargaining class from June 22 to 27 at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The program will focus on areas such as negotiating ground rules, contract bargaining, mid-term bargaining, collective bargaining
Read moreThe 2014 IAM Communications Conference in New Orleans will feature a tour of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, where IAM members help operate some of NASA’s most important programs. The deadline to book your hotel room at the special room rate for the 2014 IAM Communications Conference is Thursday, April 24, 2014. The rate
Read moreFrom left to right, IAM Safety and Health Department administrators Anna Georgallas and Kerri Johnson; Scholarship Judges Michael J. O’Leary, Karen Felton, Denise Simmons Graves and Julie Weismantel; and IAM Safety and Health Department Director Mike Flynn. Judges for the 2014 IAM Scholarship Competition recently gathered at Machinists Union Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD to
Read moreMore than 30 IAM members are the latest recipients of Union Privilege/Union Plus grants and rebates. The awards stem from programs like the Union Plus/Machinists Credit Card, the Union Plus Mortgage Program and the AT&T SmartPhone Discount, among others. The AFL-CIO created Union Privilege in 1986 to provide union members and their families valuable, exclusive
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