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  • iMail , News July 18, 2013

    Oregon Local 1005 Members Hold Strike Line, Negotiations Continue

    IAM 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

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  • iMail , News July 18, 2013

    Senate Deal Emerges to Fully Staff NLRB

    President Obama will nominate two longtime labor lawyers to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), withdrawing two previously appointed candidates as part of a new deal to fully staff the NLRB and avert what is known as the “nuclear option” – a plan by Senate Democrats to eliminate filibusters of presidential nominations in the future.

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  • iMail , News July 16, 2013

    Machinists Prevail in Negotiations with City of Memphis

    Members of IAM Local 3 won a new two-year deal restoring previous cuts in wages and debt benefits. Pictured from left to right, Local 3 Secretary-Treasurer Bruce M. Cole, President Andre` Gipson, District W2 ADBR Valerie J. Rodriguez and Local 3 Steward Ken Hardin. Not pictured: Local 3 Steward Stephen E. Leet, Vice President James

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  • iMail , News July 16, 2013

    IAM Retirees at Raytheon Win $2.5 Million in Back Pay

    Attorney Robert Gregory, General Vice President Gary Allen, Local Lodge 933 retirees David Lillie and Mark Argraves, and Western Territory Chief of Staff Bobby Martinez. IAM Local 933 retirees at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ are celebrating their long battle for justice after finally receiving retirement funds totaling nearly $2.5 million. It was the

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  • iMail , News July 16, 2013

    Photo Contest Deadline Extended to July 26, 2013

    There’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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