At a moment’s notice, a flight attendant may have to address a hazardous safety or security situation in the air. They are the first responders inside the aircraft cabin. Implementing a mandatory 10-hour rest period between shifts for this group of workers is something the Machinists Union has been fighting for decades.
Read moreThe IAM and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM) joined the other members of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition, rail labor’s largest coalition, in issuing a statement on the status of bargaining with the major U.S. Class 1 railroads.
Read moreIn late January IAM members and their families volunteered at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. to help cleanup of holiday wreaths that are laid annually each December at thousands of military gravesites.
Read moreThe Machinists Union is giving high marks for the Biden-Harris administration’s one-year anniversary in office, which has included the passage of pro-worker, pro-democracy legislation that supports and grows the labor movement.
Read moreNational Airlines Flight Attendants are officially joining the largest and most powerful airline union in the world.
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