As the labor movement celebrates Women’s History Month, the IAM communications department is taking a look back at female leadership from the 1950s and 60s.
Read moreIAM members recently completed the Negotiations Preparation for Bargaining Committees at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The class prepares IAM members to come together in union (collectively bargain) for good wages and earned benefits, many who are preparing for first-time contracts.
Read moreAs Black History Month comes to a close, it’s important to remember early African American pioneers in the labor movement. It’s also a great time to shed light on IAM’s march for racial equality.
Read more50 years ago today, two sanitation workers were crushed to death in a faulty city-owned trash truck. The event marked a pivotal moment in labor rights as the city’s sanitation workers went on strike and demanded better pay and safer working conditions.
Read moreAs Congress bickers over a potential government shutdown, the Machinists Union is speaking out about the sad political spectacle, one that could hit IAM federal workers hard.
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