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  • iMail , News May 27, 2014

    IAM District 70 Saving Big with MAPP Discount Program

    Coleen Suffield, owner of South Seneca Auto Care in Wichita, KS, offers IAM District 70 members discounts on parts and labor through the Machinists Advantage Partnership Program. Local businesses in Wichita, KS are quickly signing up to become a part of IAM District 70’s Machinists Advantage Partnership Program (MAPP), which provides exclusive discounts and benefits

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  • iMail , News May 23, 2014

    A Memorial Day Message from International President R. Thomas Buffenbarger

    An Army soldier places an American flag in front of a grave at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia as part of a Memorial Day tradition started in 1948. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army) Sisters and Brothers, Memorial Day is a day to remember our fallen service men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice

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  • iMail , News May 22, 2014

    IAM Supports 2014 CBTU Convention

    IAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux, fourth from left, is joined by a large contingent of IAM members at the 43rd Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) International Annual Convention in Atlanta. More than 500 union members from across the country, including over a dozen IAM members led by IAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux,

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  • iMail , News May 22, 2014

    IAM Members Defeat GOP Attack on Service Contract Act Workers

    Strong grassroots opposition from IAM members led to three anti-union, anti-working family amendments to the Defense budget bill being withdrawn this week in the U.S. House. The amendments sought to eliminate key worker protections under the Service Contract Act (SCA), including one that attempted to strip contracted union members of their right to strike. The

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  • iMail , News May 22, 2014

    Local 1943 Community Services Committee Honors Military

    The IAM Local 1943 Community Services Committee makes its annual delivery to the Yellow Ribbon Support Center. From left, Committee Member Jeff Geier and daughter Savannah Geier, YRSC Founder Keith Maupin and Committee Member Andrew Hounshell. The Community Services Committee of IAM Local 1943 in Middletown, OH marked its fifth year of collecting for the

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