Despite relentless Republican attacks, House Democrats and labor advocates are not giving up on the fight to provide working Americans with a fully-functioning National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Reps. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and Joe Courtney (D-CT) have authored a letter, signed by all 201 House Democrats, demanding that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) immediately
Read moreThe 2013 IAM Scholarship competition has concluded and the winners have been announced. Click here for the full list of recipients. “We congratulate the winners and thank all those who participated in the 2013 competition,” said IAM Safety and Health, Apprenticeship and Scholarship Department Director Mike Flynn, whose department administers the popular program. “The IAM
Read moreArticles in the June issue include: IAM Comes Home to Atlanta to Celebrate 125th Anniversary Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of 1965 Voting Rights Act IAM 2013 Scholarship Winners Announced Solidarity at the South Pole Call Goes Out to Honor Recent TCU Members of the Military Joint Air Transport Conference Focuses on Safety IAM
Read moreFormer Teamster Shop Stewards, now IAM-represented workers at Lemoore, from left to right, Michael Maguire, Tyler Moriarty, Kevin Heaton, Joseph Koutny, Matthew Nelson and Daniel Todd. Election results speak for themselves, and few elections have been more eloquent than the recent vote by workers at Lemoore Naval Air Station (NAS) in Southern California. In a
Read moreThe IAM is mourning the 19 firefighters killed Sunday while fighting a wildfire raging through central Arizona, northwest of Phoenix. It was the deadliest day for American firefighters since the 9/11 attacks. The firefighters, all members of the Prescott Granite Mountain Hotshot crew, were part of an elite squad that engages out-of-control fires at close
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