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  • iMail , News February 12, 2013

    Union Sportsmen’s Alliance Celebrates Five Years

    The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) celebrates five years of uniting the union community and expanding and improving access to hunting, fishing, and wildlife. More than 250 union partners, sponsors and friends helped USA celebrate its anniversary with a special event at AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Hosted by USA Board Chairman and AFL-CIO President Richard

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  • iMail , News February 12, 2013

    IAM Video Highlights Aerospace Father and Son Team

    Father and son team Clayton (left) and Johnny (right) Provine of Local Lodge 837B work together on the F18 Super Hornet at Boeing in St. Louis. The duo signifies how important generational aerospace jobs are to the country. A new Machinists News Network (MNN) video shows the notion of “generational shops” is not a thing

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  • iMail , News February 7, 2013

    Interstate ‘Job Poaching’ Drains State Coffers

    States are wasting billions of dollars by using taxpayer subsidies to lure existing jobs from each other, rather than creating new jobs from scratch. The study, by the progressive advocacy group, ‘Good Jobs First,’ outlines how companies solicit economic development subsidies, by threatening to relocate existing jobs from one state to another. The practice also

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  • iMail , News February 7, 2013

    FMLA Marks Two Decades of Service to America

    Former President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) on Feb. 5, 1993. Two decades later, the bill has helped more than 100 million workers keep their jobs while sick or caring for a new baby or seriously-ill family member. February 5, 2013 marked the 20th birthday of the Family and Medical

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  • iMail , News February 7, 2013

    January IAM ‘Journal’ Now Available on the IAM App

    In the January issue, President Obama embarks on a second term, the debt battle continues to threaten the American economy, union members honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Delta Flight Attendants meet at the Winpisinger Center, IAM protects pensions at Hawker Beechcraft and Amtrak stands to win better funding. Download the IAM Journal via the

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