IAM members at Auto Truck Transport have ratified a new four-year contract. The agreement covers more than 600 IAM members at Local 641 in Mount Holly and Cleveland, NC; Local 166 in Laredo and Converse, TX; and Local 63 in Portland, OR. It includes various wage increases, mileage and delivery incentives, and a safety bonus.
Read moreIf you haven’t already voted early, be sure to make a plan to go to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4. Voters next Tuesday will determine the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, where Democrats hold a slim seven-member majority. Governorships in 33 states will also be
Read moreThe IAM mourns the at least four people who died Thursday after a small plane crashed into and ignited a fire inside the FlightSafety International building near Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, KS. At least five others were injured, according to the Wichita Eagle. Another four are unaccounted for. The pilot was the only person onboard
Read moreInternational Transport Workers Federation (ITF)-affiliated unions meet IAM Delta Flight Attendants for a series of strategic meetings and an informational picket at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Delta’s largest hub. The IAM and International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)-affiliated unions from the SkyTeam airline alliance today held strategic meetings and informational picketing at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport,
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., has appointed Maria Roeper as Director and Counsel of the newly-formed IAM Health and Welfare Programs Department, effective November 1, 2014. Roeper, a healthcare law expert, has served as IAM Assistant General Counsel since 2010. Previously, she spent three years organizing in the healthcare industry. Roeper started the Worker
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