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  • iMail , News April 27, 2017

    Clean Out Your Prescription Cabinet the Safe Way on Saturday

    What do you do with expired and unused prescription medications? On Saturday, April 29, individuals can bring their medications to special collection locations throughout the country. 

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  • Latest Videos , News April 27, 2017

    Workers Memorial Preparations

    A week before Workers Memorial Day, the grounds crew at the Winpisinger Education & Technology Center prepares the Workers Memorial site for the April 28th program that takes place every year. They laid new bricks for fallen IAMAW members and maintained landscaping. A lot of hard work and dedication go into this annual event. The

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  • iMail , News April 27, 2017

    Freedom Day: How the Machinists Union Stood with South Africans to Overcome Apartheid

    The Machinists Union—and the North American labor movement—had a larger role in taking down the institutional racism of South African apartheid than you may have thought. Twenty-three years ago, on April 27, 1994, South Africa held its first national election in which non-whites were allowed to vote. The people elected Nelson Mandela, a civil rights

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  • iMail , News , Southern April 25, 2017

    What Exactly Is a Union Rep?

    IAM District 75 Assistant Directing Business Representative Henry “Pappy” Perrigan recently decided to answer some of the many questions he gets about what type of job he has as a union rep. He posted his note on Facebook and we have included it here.

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  • iMail , News April 25, 2017

    Next Generation in Aviation Visits Winpisinger Center

    The top 20 students from New York’s Aviation High School’s class of 2017 visited the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD this past week to participate in a program about unions and the aviation industry.

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