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The 2020 North American hurricane season is upon us and the Machinists Union is preparing to assist members who will be impacted by this year’s storms. The IAM Disaster Relief Fund quickly provides assistance to IAM brothers and sisters in need. Since no one really knows when disaster will strike, having resources readily available in
Read more4,300 motivated IAM members at Bath Iron Works in Maine are on strike to protest the company’s excessive use of subcontractors, a practice that undercuts Machinists members at the shipbuilding facility.
Read moreThis story will be updated. Pressure mounted on Bath Iron Works management at a rally Saturday as 4,300 IAM Local S6 shipbuilders are nearly six weeks into a strike to protect good Maine jobs from being outsourced. IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. addressed hundreds of Local S6 members, saying that Bath Iron Works, a
Read moreThe Sunday, July 26 anniversary of the signing of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a good time to reflect on how to empower and support workers with differing abilities that we see and interact with every day, whether we realize it or not. The ADA is a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination based on disability in employment,
Read moreOwen Herrnstadt, IAM Chief of Staff to International President Robert Martinez, Jr., appeared on the Rick Smith Show Monday to discuss Joe Biden’s manufacturing plan. Herrnstadt also serves as the IAM’s Director of Trade and Globalization. Herrnstadt called Biden’s plan for manufacturing and innovation “realistic, comprehensive, promising, refreshing” and one of the best he’s seen. “It’s not only
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