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The Washington State Council of Machinists recently met in Olympia, Wash., for a political and legislative conference, one of four scheduled this year. Political candidates from around the state spoke to IAM members about their labor agendas. Machinists also lobbied inside the state capitol and pushed for legislation expanding labor protection, union organizing and workers’
Read moreIAM members, including IAM International President Brian Bryant, attended this year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference held in Montgomery, Ala., the birthplace of the civil rights movement.
Read moreIAM legislative action is vitally essential for our union and membership. The delegates and officers of the Kansas State Council of Machinists, the state’s political action arm of the IAM, met last week in Topeka. The 30 delegates and officers came to hear reports and discuss important worker-related issues with Kansas Machinist members. The Council
Read moreFor six weeks, highly trained IAM Local 1363 automotive mechanics in suburban Cleveland, have been on strike at Valley Ford Truck after the company’s poor contract offer included retirement cuts and reduced work hours. Union members there, despite freezing weather and a recent snowstorm, continue to man the picket line in hopes of a fair
Read moreThe IAM and the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Md., continue to offer vital training to help members learn valuable skills needed to organize those without union representation. The IAM Organizing I program had 25 students participate in this recent class. The Winpisinger Center organizes classes each year that are also taught in
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