General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., today announced the appointment of Dora Cervantes as a Special Assistant to the General Secretary-Treasurer effective March 1, 2012. Currently a Grand Lodge Representative (GLR) in the Transportation Department, Sister Cervantes initiated into IAM Local Lodge 2198 in Houston, TX in 1989 as a Reservations Agent for Southwest Airlines. She
Read moreIAM District 751 and the Boeing Company were recently presented with the Chairman’s Award from the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA) for achieving the landmark deal that ensured the 737 MAX will be built in the Northwest. “This is a very significant event,” said PNAA President Kevin Steck, who presented the award at the Alliance’s
Read moreThe IAM announced they are endorsing Paul Dewar for the leadership of Canada’s federal New Democratic Party (NDP). “We believe Paul Dewar projects our values and those of the average Canadian,” explained IAM Canadian GVP Dave Ritchie. “We were looking for someone that not only can maintain the gains we made in the last federal
Read moreSenate Democrats have offered an emergency plan for extending unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for millions of jobless Americans whose benefits are set to expire on February 29, 2012. The Democratic proposal rejects GOP calls to require jobless applicants pass a drug test and enroll in GED classes in order to receive benefits – two issues
Read moreThe William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center (W3 Center) is looking for IAM members who are musicians, singers and/or poets and interested in producing the next chapter in the history of labor music and poetry. If you play an instrument, sing, or write music or poetry, the W3 Center is asking that you use
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