Members of the Greenpeace financing and fundraising department in Montréal, Canada became the newest members of IAM Local Lodge 712. “These young environmentalists wanted to have a say in their organization, their working conditions and how their work is done,” explained IAM District 11 Business Representative Neil Giroux. Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization
Read moreThe IAM is urging the Senate’s support of a bill that would stop rewarding multinational companies that offshore jobs. The “Bring Jobs Home Act” would eliminate the tax deduction U.S. companies receive for the costs associated with offshoring. “For far too long our trade and tax policies have worked for the benefit of multinational corporations
Read moreThe Official Report of the Tellers for the Election of Grand Lodge Officers of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is now available. The report shows the tally of voting by IAM members that took place in Lodge meetings in the United States and Canada in April, 2014 and the counting of
Read moreDL 19 Assistant President/General Chairman John Lacey and NY State Governor Andrew Coumo, right, who was instrumental in getting the MTA to move toward a fair agreement. Within days of a strike that would have shut down the nation’s largest commuter railroad, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), its partner the Transportation
Read moreIAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux, center, is joined by, left, Regional Coordinator for TCU/IAM Training Services Department Nicole Burnett and Atlanta TCU/IAM Lead Field Education Representative Felicia Hill at the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials’ 43rd National Meeting and Training Conference in Atlanta. After being previously honored by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials
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