Union members must get out and vote as if their jobs depended on it – because they do, especially in Republican-controlled states like Ohio, said Local 1943 President and Directing Business Representative Neil Douglas of Middletown, OH, during an interview with online radio show America’s Work Force Radio. Listen to Douglas’ interview, which begins around
Read moreHeadquarters General Vice President Robert Martinez, Jr. reports on the progress made and tasks ahead for IAM wood, pulp and paper workers at the IAM Forest Products Industry Conference in Las Vegas. IAM Forest Products Industry workers and representatives met for the second time this year to build on the momentum started at the last
Read moreIAM 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 moreIt’s Election Day, and millions of working families are making their voices heard in pivotal federal, state and local elections. Our vote determines the balance of power in the halls of Congress and our state legislatures and, ultimately, whether working people win on issues like raising the minimum wage, equal pay and stopping anti-union right-to-work
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,
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