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The new education partnership between the IAM and UMass-Amherst has recently yielded some very exciting results. Eight IAM members—Edward Delaporte, Bridget Fitzgerald, Mark Hollibush, Hazel Powers, Heather Ragle, Frank Saptel, Richard Suarez, and Gil Yap—just completed their first graduate-level session at the Amherst campus. Another IAM member, Karen Blanchard, who began the program in 2011,
Read moreThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has worked out a settlement agreement for Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges filed by the IAM against Strategic Resources, Inc. (SRI). SRI is a Service Contract Act employer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. The settlement allows SRI to avoid a trial on more than a dozen violations
Read moreIn a wide-ranging conversation with radio host Bill Press that included the economy, jobs, sequestration, labor law enforcement and right-to-work (for less) efforts, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger called for an aggressive strategy to overcome the right-wing’s war on unions and the middle-class. President Buffenbarger says a good offense is the best defense. “I am sick
Read moreUS Airways and American Airlines announced an agreement for American Airlines’ Mechanics and Related, Fleet Service, Materials and Logistics Specialists, Fleet Simulator Technicians, Ground School and Simulator Instructors, Maintenance Control Technicians and Dispatchers in the event the two carriers merge. The agreement calls for a 4.3 percent raise and defines processes for other transition related
Read moreLocal 933 retirees at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ won their long battle for justice, a journey that led to the halls of Congress and numerous courtrooms. In 2004, Raytheon made unilateral changes to the retirees’ healthcare benefits that were spelled out in the IAM/Raytheon agreement. The retirees won numerous court decisions against Raytheon’s
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