Forty Instructional Systems Specialists at the Directorate of Training and Doctrine (DOTD) for the Department of the Army at Fort Sill in Lawton, OK, voted to join the IAM. The workers voted to join the IAM to improve their working conditions and to have a voice in the workplace. “We congratulate and welcome our newest
Read more“That’s evidence that they are not focused on profitability. They are just focused on flying the airplane somewhere and having the government subsidize it.” -United CEO Scott Kirby “Those airlines aren’t airlines. They’re international branding vehicles for their countries.” -Former United CEO Oscar Munoz After years of highlighting the unfair business practices of state-owned enterprises
Read moreWASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 14, 2022 – Robert Martinez, Jr., International President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), released the following statement following today’s House Education and Labor Committee hearing titled “In Solidarity: Removing Barriers to Organizing.” “I want to thank Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott for holding this very important hearing, which
Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 – Approximately 4,900 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 19 have voted to reject the Tentative Agreement with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC). IAM District 19 released the following statement: “The Tentative Agreement has been rejected and the strike authorization vote was approved by
Read moreArchitectural workers in New York recently marched in the New York City Labor Day Parade to honor workers and support Architectural Workers United (AWU). On September 1, the IAM and management of Bernheimer Architecture announced in a joint statement that the employees of Bernheimer have organized the first private sector union of architectural professionals in the United States.
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