The IAM has launched the IAM Strike Fund on goIAM.org to benefit members enduring a strike, creating a unique opportunity for IAM members and supporters who wish to provide aid. Providing additional support to sisters and brothers from across this great union to the mantra of – “one day longer” etches our Fighting Machinists’ solidarity in stone.
Read moreIAM Local 447 members kept generators running at nursing homes during the pandemic. They’re the definition of essential workers. Now, management won’t negotiate a fair contract. The entire community is behind these brave members who’ve been on strike for over three weeks.
Read moreIn celebration of International Women’s Day, our sisters gathered for a group photo at the 2022 Western Territory Officer and Staff Conference in San Diego, CA. “It is an enormously proud moment for me to see so many women in leadership positions at every level in the Western Territory,” said Western Territory General Vice President
Read moreApproximately 350 cargo warehouse and office workers at Swissport in Newark, NJ is taking a big step toward joining the IAM. The IAM Transportation Department on Tuesday filed for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board. “Workers at Swissport deserve to have North America’s largest and strongest airline union fighting for them,”
Read moreMore than 100 workers at the Cascades Containerboard facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y. have overwhelmingly ratified a strong first collective bargaining agreement. The facility’s group of more than 100 workers voted to join the Machinists Union in April 2019 and have been attempting to bargain for a fair contract for nearly three years. Cascades Containerboard, a
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