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Hundreds of IAM delegates travelled to Washington, D.C. to attend the union’s annual legislative conference. Machinists successfully scheduled hundreds meetings with top lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and heard motivating speeches by members of congress and government administrators.
Read moreDistrict 142’s Flight Safety Conference included live aircraft and instruction by a former NTSB board member and a former NTSB accident investigator. Machinists Union and Transport Workers Union (TWU) members attended the conference at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Aircraft Maintenance Technicians and Flight Attendants also learned about the
Read moreMAPP, or rather the Machinist Advantage Partnership Program, is charting a new course in Kansas. The brainchild of District 70 in Wichita, this discount program is making big strides to save money for the nearly 13,000 machinists that call this community home.
Read moreMembers of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) have elected the top leadership of their union by a more than a two-to-one margin. The preliminary results were announced today following a tabulation of ballots from IAM Local Lodges across the U.S. and Canada. The vote count was performed at IAM Headquarters in
Read moreMachinists members joined union painters, steelworkers and postal workers, among others, to rally on Capitol Hill against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Fast-Track approval process. Members of Congress spoke to the crowd of workers, explaining how fair trade is better than free trade. AFL-CIO leaders asked all those in attendance to contact their lawmakers
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