For 16 years, the F-35 Lightning II program has played a critical role the American economy and national defense with nearly 300,000 total jobs supported across the F-35 supply chain nationwide, including thousands of Machinists Union jobs at Lockheed Martin. “Machinists Union members working on the F-35 program across the country are the best in the world
Read moreThe IAM’s Winpisinger Center recently hosted a Local Lodge History Program, an initiative that began in 2001. “We did the program every couple of years,” said IAM retiree Charles Micallef. “The objective is to teach a team of people from a local lodge or district to research through history or collect it then find ways to disseminate it or make
Read moreThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced that the National Mediation Board (NMB), the federal agency that conducts union representation elections in the airline industry, has determined that an election for almost 3,000 JetBlue ground operations workers will take place. The voting period will be scheduled shortly by the NMB. “I congratulate
Read moreAMHERST, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2022 – Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 1802 (District 54) today voted to ratify a stronger contract at the Nordson Corp., ending a two-week strike at the Amherst, Ohio plant. The new contract features critical improvements from previously rejected company offers, including better mandatory
Read moreThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to represent approximately 50 LMI Aerospace employees in St. Louis. LMI Aerospace supplies structural assemblies, kits, and components for aircraft. They provide design engineering services to the commercial, business, regional, and defense aerospace markets, supporting
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