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  • iMail , News February 21, 2013

    Supreme Court to Hear Voting Rights Challenge on Feb. 27

    Plans are underway for a massive rally on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 27 to oppose any change to a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned racial gerrymandering and opened Southern polling places to millions of African-American voters. The Supreme Court set Feb. 27 as the

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  • iMail , News February 21, 2013

    Edmonton Machinists Ratify Agreement with Servisair

    Members of Local 1681 in Edmonton, Alberta ratified a new collective agreement with Servisair Canada Incorporated. There are eight other collective agreements between the IAM and Servisair across Canada that due for renewal this year. “This is the first of nine agreements to be negotiated with Servisair this year and our goal is to improve

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  • iMail , News February 21, 2013

    Defense Department Announces Massive Furloughs, Pay Cuts

    In a letter to Congress and civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced 22 days of furloughs for 700,000 of the department’s 800,000 employees if sequestration takes effect March 1st. The result would be a 20 percent pay cut through the remainder of this year for affected employees. Workers

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  • iMail , News February 19, 2013

    Date limite des bourses d’étude de l’AIM a été prolongée

    La date limite des bourses d’étude de l’AIM a été prolongée au 26 Avril 2013. Cliquez ici pour lire les règles, règlements et télécharger les applications.  Les demandes d’inscription ont  été postées aux Districts et sections locales.

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  • iMail , News February 19, 2013

    IAM Scholarship Deadline Has Been Extended

    The IAM Scholarship Deadline has been extended to April 26, 2013. Click here to read the rules, regulations and download the applications. Application packets have been mailed to all local and district lodges.

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