Attendees of the 2012 Regional Retirees Conference in Atlantic City, NJ. Are you ready to have fun with IAM Brothers and Sisters and safeguard hard-won union benefits? If so, join us for the 2013 Retirees Conference at Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel. In the past, an average of 750 Brothers and Sisters have gathered to reminisce
Read moreFormer IAM District 9 Directing Business Representative and true trade unionist James M. Bagwell of Florissant, MO, passed away in late June at the age of 79. “Jim Bagwell will be remembered as an outstanding labor leader and friend to all workers,” said IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip J. Gruber. Bagwell, a 61-year
Read moreWorkers at Austal Shipbuilding in Mobile, AL, fabricate and construct high-speed vessel systems, like the USNS Spearhead pictured above, for the U.S. Navy. After years of unfair working conditions, Austal workers have launched an organizing campaign to win union representation with the Mobile Metal Trades Council, of which the IAM is a part. After years
Read moreIAM Western Territory General Vice President Gary Allen and IAM District Lodge W24 President/Directing Business Representative Chip Elliott talking with Machinist members on strike at Daimler in Portland, OR. With the strike at the Daimler Trucks North America plant in Portland, OR going on its third week, members of IAM Local Lodge 1005 continue to
Read moreThere’s still time to enter the 2013 IAM Photo Contest. The new deadline is now Friday, July 26, 2013. For the 2013 Photo Contest, photos must be taken of and by members in good standing, un-posed and working at their job (and conforming to all safety standards). Click here for complete contest rules, the entry
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