Taking part in a May 5, 1948 event celebrating the IAM’s 60th anniversary, members of Tom Talbot’s extended family gather in the locomotive pit where it all began in 1888. IAM founder Tom Talbot at age 19 in 1868. Sunday, May 5, 2013 marks the 125th anniversary of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Read moreThe 2013 IAM Automotive Conference is scheduled for Oct. 1 to 4, 2013, at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Automotive Coordinator Boysen Anderson will chair the conference, which will focus on new approaches to expanding IAM automotive membership in North America. The deadline for making hotel reservations is Aug. 30.
Read moreThe IAM welcomes President Obama’s nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as head of the U.S. Department of Transportation. As Mayor of North Carolina’s “Queen City,” Foxx succeeded in expanding and improving Charlotte’s transit infrastructure as a way to grow the economy. The investment, one of the largest in the city’s transportation history, continues to
Read moreLongtime IAM Representative and labor activist John Capobianco, Sr., passed away at home on April 22. He was the retired Directing Business Representative (DBR) of District 170 (formerly District 64) and a lifetime member who initiated into the IAM in 1951. Capobianco was elected as a Business Representative in 1967, where he served until becoming
Read moreTwo Republican-backed bills with deceiving titles are making their way through Congress, and both threaten long-standing workers’ rights and the balance of power in the workplace. The first, the “Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor Management Relations Act” (H.R. 1120), would halt National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) activities until at least three of its members are
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