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  • iMail , News July 5, 2011

    IAM to Represent All Stores Workers at United/Continental

    The National Mediation Board has certified the IAM as the collective bargaining representative for 1,035 Stores/Material Specialists at the new United Airlines. “The IAM’s full strength and resources will be used to negotiate a contract for all Stores workers that rewards them for the critical role they play in the operation of the world’s largest

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  • iMail , News July 5, 2011

    IAM Photo Series Rallies Opposition to Korean FTA

    The IAM’s photo series unveiling the real truths behind the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) ramps up in the wake of the White House decision to submit the flawed trade deal to Congress. America’s politicians are setting us “on a destruction course of the middle class” is how one person summed up

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  • iMail , News July 5, 2011

    Machinists Union Graduates Honored by National Labor College

    Attending the award ceremony for 2011 National Labor College graduates, from left, Winpisinger Education Center Director Chris Wagoner; graduates John Ratcliffe, Local 2203; James Bowling, Local 912; Paul DeTrana, Local 794 and Rhonda Rogers, Local 1943. General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr., right, represented the IAM Executive Council at the ceremony. (Local 751A member Duy

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  • News July 1, 2011

    Wisconsin, Members of Congress Demand that Washington Pay Attention to Jobs at Speakout

    MILWAUKEE, WI — Reps. Gwen Moore (D-WI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI),  Barbara Lee (D-CA) , and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) attended the Speakout for Good Jobs Now! tour event last night, as hundreds of Wisconsinites lined up to demand that Washington pay attention to the growing movement demanding that they focus on jobs. The Members of Congress

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  • iMail , News June 30, 2011

    President Renews Attack on Business Aircraft

    In a joint letter to President Obama, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) expressed deep concern over recent comments by the President questioning the value of corporate aircraft use and proposing tax changes that would negatively impact the entire general aviation industry. The letter emphasized

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