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In July of 2018, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) informed IAM Local 755 they were going to lay off approximately 300 members from their Chula Vista, CA facility. IAM members have been making aerospace components at that location since 1941. “They’ll go to the cheapest corner of the world to make a profit,” said Juan Villalobos,
Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2020 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today began a video series exposing the human cost of President Trump’s broken promises that U.S. workers “won’t lose one plant” and declarations that “[plants] are all coming back.”
Read morePresident Trump said he would stop plant closures. FreightCar America in Roanoke, Va. announced in July 2019 that it would be closing and laying off 198 Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM) Local 6016 members. The work moved to Mexico and Alabama.
Read moreAt nationwide protests this week, including on Capitol Hill, frustrated TCU/IAM members from Amtrak criticized Congress for not extending funding for transit workers.
Read moreThe IAM Legal department is raising concerns about Amy Coney Barrett’s anti-labor record as a federal circuit judge.
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