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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced that approximately 30 Swissport workers located in Fort Myers, FL voted overwhelmingly for IAM representation. “The IAM welcomes these brave Swissport workers who took a stand together to better their profession into our great union,” said IAM Air Transport Territory General Vice President Richie
Read moreThe IAM has filed a request with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to appoint a federal mediator to help with negotiations with Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico. The IAM submitted this request in response to prolonged and intense discussions in which the company has failed to make it a priority to establish a collective bargaining agreement
Read moreIAM Local 1526 recently sent seven Negotiating Committee members, supported by Grand Lodge and District staff, to the IAM’s Winpisinger Education Center in Hollywood, Md. for a week-long negotiations preparations class. The team is prepared as contract talks march on with the Whirlpool Corp. in Iowa. Third shift Plant Chair Sandy Lorenz describes how necessary
Read moreLast year’s Maria Santiago Lillis Advocacy Day on Aug. 10 was a huge success. There were so many great community service projects happening all over North America and we are excited to see what lodges do this year. The late IAM Western Territory Grand Lodge Representative Maria Santiago Lillis, whose birthday was on Aug. 10,
Read moreThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a heat hazard alert (English and Spanish) in response to record-breaking temperatures putting workers in danger. The alert reminds employers of their obligation to protect workers against illness and injury from high temperatures in the workplace, whether inside or outdoors. OSHA has also escalated its enforcement of
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