At the April 2019 Western Territory Organizing Summit General Vice President Gary R. Allen, challenged the territory leadership to seek out and launch organizing campaigns targeted at nontraditional industries. While many fields were discussed healthcare was listed as one of the most in need of justice on the job.
Read moreSeveral IAM members received their master’s and bachelor’s degrees at SUNY Empire State College’s 2019 commencement ceremonies in New York City.
Read moreAndrew Sandberg, IAM District 19 Assistant to the President, went to Capitol Hill yesterday to testify before the U.S. House subcommittee on rail policy.
Read moreWashington, D.C., June 18, 2019 — The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers today announced that it has reached tentative agreements on contracts covering approximately 5,000 clerical, office, passenger service, reservations, ramp and stores workers at Alaska Airlines. The tentative accords prohibit the outsourcing of work, increase base wage rates 14 percent, on average,
Read moreMore than 1 million federal contract workers went without pay during a 35-day government shutdown. The IAM has since been fighting to ensure federal contract workers impacted by the shutdown receive back pay. Now a provision has been added to the House spending bill by the Appropriators that would provide up to $965 per week
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