CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 2023 – Approximately 60 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Mechanics Union Local 701 working at M&K Truck Centers (Laborforce, LLC) are now on strike for a fair contract in Alsip, Ill.
Read moreThe IAM and more than 200 organizations and labor groups sent a letter to the Biden administration urging the elimination of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in existing free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties.
Read moreIAM General Counsel Carla M. Siegel discusses an important development in workers rights, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, or PWFA.
Read moreIAM Associate General Counsel Laura Ewan discusses a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board, which reinstated long-standing precedent for determining when a worker’s abusive conduct or language rises to the level of removing the worker from the protection of the law.
Read moreNearly 100 IAM Local 1414 members working at Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) Terminals in Oakland, Calif., voted to ratify a robust new six-year contract that includes significant wage increases, enhanced healthcare and retirement benefits, and other critical improvements.
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