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Unemployment insurance benefits for some 800,000 unemployed Americans expired Tuesday, November 30, thanks to a Republican-led effort in Congress to block an extension of benefits. An estimated 2 million are expected to lose the much-needed lifeline by the end of this month. View ‘Fighting for Unemployment Insurance,’ a new IAM video about the fight to
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Warren Mart announced the new Grand Lodge per capita tax for 2011 will be $30.73. The new rate was calculated according to a formula approved by delegates at the 2008 Grand Lodge Convention. The 2011 per capita tax includes a one-time increase of $2.00 that is added to the 2010 per capita
Read moreNFFE-IAM Federal District 1 PresidentWilliam R. Dougan was among the first to speak out against the White House decision earlier this week to impose a two-year pay freeze on federal employees. “We are deeply disappointed by the White House announcement this morning calling for a two-year freeze on civilian federal employee pay,” said Dougan. “It
Read moreLocal 1871 Shop Steward Bill Gilday (left with yellow bucket) and Local 1871 Vice President Pat Buzzee (right with yellow Bucket) greet workers at Electric Boat in Groton, CT, while collecting for the local’s 20th annual Turkey Drive. Local 1871 in Groton, CT, completed its 20th year of providing Thanksgiving baskets for out-of-work members and
Read moreLongtime union activist and Nashville, TN Local 735 Recording Secretary Adlai Coffee passed away recently after many years of service to the IAM. Coffee, who also served as President of the Nashville Chapter of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, was suffering from an extended illness at the time of his passing. “Our deepest sympathies go
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