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  • iMail , News February 25, 2014

    IAM Partners with New Detroit Metals Manufacturing Institute

    The IAM is proud to announce its participation as a labor partner in the White House’s newly announced $148 million Defense Department advanced manufacturing institute in Detroit. The American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), made up of a consortium of businesses, universities and other organizations, will pair the world’s leading aluminum, titanium and high-strength

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  • iMail , News February 20, 2014

    Facilitadores de los Programas de Liderazgo en Español Renuevan las Clases para 2014

    El grupo de facilitadores de Liderazgo en Español, izquierda a derecha,  Representante de Educación del Territorio de Transporte, Mónica Silbas, el Delegado del Local 1125 Edmundo Osorio y Organizador del Distrito 725 Calixto Tapia se reunieron en el Centro William W. Winpisinger (WWW ) en Hollywood, MD con el fin de hacer una revisión extensiva

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  • iMail , News February 20, 2014

    Illinois Machinist Returns to Work with $70K Back Pay

    IAM District 9, Local 660 member LaShawn Buford, center, stands with Michelle Windmiller, Committee Chairperson for Production Workers at Olin Corporation, left, and IAM District 9 Business Representative/Organizer Jason Tetidrick, right, while holding a check for $70,932.51 in back pay after being wrongfully discharged from his job in 2012. An IAM District 9 and Local

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  • iMail , News February 20, 2014

    IAM Previews Bankruptcy Education Program for AFL-CIO

    Union leaders at this week’s AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Houston, TX, got a preview of a unique educational program being developed by the IAM to teach unions and union representatives how to better protect union members at companies facing corporate bankruptcy. “There are no good outcomes for workers when a company goes into bankruptcy,

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  • iMail , News February 20, 2014

    Spanish Leadership Working Group Revamps Spanish Classes for 2014

    IAM Spanish Leadership Working Group members, front to back, IAM Transportation Education Representative Monica Silbas, Local 1125 Steward Edmundo Osorio, and IAM District 725 Organizer Calixto Tapia, work to revamp the 2014 Spanish Leadership Program class offerings. A diverse mix of Spanish-speaking IAM members, known as the Spanish Leadership Working Group (SLWG), gathered at the

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