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  • iMail , News May 30, 2013

    GVP Michalski Helps Launch Manufacturing Initiative at Goodwin College

    Goodwin College President Mark Scheinberg, left, and Congressman John Larson (D-CT), center, present IAM Headquarters General Vice President Rich Michalski, right, with a certificate commemorating the new Richard P. Michalski Scholarship program. IAM Headquarters General Vice President Rich Michalski joined Congressman John Larson (D-CT), Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy and Goodwin College President Mark Scheinberg in

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  • iMail , News May 30, 2013

    Machinists Union Comes Home to Atlanta for 125th Anniversary

    IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, left, and IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., right, present Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed with a plaque commemorating the IAM’s 125th anniversary. The IAM is celebrating its 125th birthday in Atlanta, the city of the union’s founding, with the opening of the 2013 IAM National Staff Conference. Speakers commemorated the

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  • iMail , News May 30, 2013

    May ‘IAM Journal’ Now Available

    Articles in the May issue include: Budget Proposal Poses Unnecessary Danger to Tennessee Valley Authority Atlanta Welcomes IAM’s 125-Year Homecoming IAM Advances Working Family Interests at 2013 Legislative Conference 2013 Workers’ Memorial Day: ‘When Will This Stop?’ IAM and TWU to Jointly Represent 30,000 at American Airlines TTD President Calls for 21st Century Freight Transportation

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  • iMail , News May 28, 2013

    Midwest Territory Raffles $14,999 John Deere Equipment

    GVP Philip J. Gruber and Steve Johnson, Factory Manager at John Deere Horicon Works, along with IAM members who run the John Deere Gator line, the John Deere management team, IAM Local 873 leadership and IAM District 10 representatives. A voucher worth $14,999 toward the purchase of a John Deere vehicle is the next raffle

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  • iMail , News May 28, 2013

    Texas Bus Drivers Unanimously Approve Contract

    A group of 92 Tornado Bus Company drivers stood in solidarity to unanimously ratify an agreement that will pay them at the top wage scale per route and provide paid vacation, sick days and holidays. IAM members at the Texas-based company will also receive meal allowances, rest periods, health insurance and a 401k. Because the

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