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Fifty Keewatin Air pilots have joined IAM Local Lodge 2247 in Winnipeg, Canada. They are the second group of Keewatin employees to join the IAM since 25 mechanics and parts personnel were organized in 2012. “It was quite simple really,” explained IAM District Lodge 181 Directing Business Representative Wayne Relf. “The pilots talked with the
Read moreThe deadline to apply for a 2014 IAM Scholarship Award is fast-approaching. Applications must be postmarked no later than February 25, 2014 to be considered. The competition is open each year to eligible IAM members in the United States and Canada and their eligible children entering college or currently enrolled. “The scholarship program is a
Read moreThe application deadline for the 2014 Basic Newsletter Development course at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Placid Harbor, MD, is Thursday, January 16, 2014. The course will be held from March 16 through March 21 and is the only Basic Newsletter course for 2014. Local or district lodges who want to
Read moreWhile ignoring the desperate plight of 1.3 million Americans who recently lost unemployment benefits, Congress today introduced a Fast Track bill that would subject the secretly-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement to a straight up or down vote by Congress. “The IAM strongly opposes the bill introduced today by Senators Baucus and Hatch and
Read moreThe IAM Organizing Department welcomed five Machinist activists to the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Center in Southern Maryland this week as part of the IAM’s 2014 Organizing Apprentices Program. The two-day orientation was a kickoff for the young, diverse group of union activists. Participants included Ko Vang of Local 737 in St Paul, MN; Charles
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