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  • iMail , News September 17, 2015

    IAM Welcomes Call to Restart Pantex Strike Talks

    Nearly 550 IAM members, along with nearly 700 members from nine other unions welcome the call to re-start negotiations at Pantex in Amarillo, TX. The IAM welcomed news this week that Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services (FMCS) Director Allison Beck is calling all sides back to the bargaining table on September 22 in an effort

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  • iMail , News September 17, 2015

    Missouri Defeats ‘Right-to-Work (for-Less)’

    Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of the Republican anti-worker right-to-work legislation was upheld with bipartisan support. In a vote that will hearten workers in Missouri, state lawmakers rejected an effort to make Missouri the 26th right-to-work state. “Today’s bipartisan action by the legislature to uphold my veto of this divisive, anti-worker bill is a victory

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  • iMail , News September 17, 2015

    Ohio Machinists Welcome Former Gov. Strickland to Honor IP Buffenbarger

    From left, Ohio State Council of Machinists Vice Presidents Duane Lukens and Nick Kent, President Dean Wright, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, OSCM Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Wright, OSCM Political Director Neil Douglas and OCSM Vice President Jude Kollstedt. Former Ohio Governor, and candidate for Senate, Ted Strickland was on hand to

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  • iMail , News September 17, 2015

    Machinists Display ‘Union Values’ at Airbus Opening in Mobile

    Dozens of IAM members took part in the Airbus 5(k) on the Runway at Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama to show their support for the community. Nearly three dozen IAM members took part this week in activities marking the grand opening of the Airbus final assembly plant on the grounds of the Brookley Aeroplex in

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  • iMail , News September 17, 2015

    Improved Offer Ends Strike at Ingersoll Rand in New York

    IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President Lynn Tucker, Jr., addresses striking Ingersoll Rand workers in Cheektawoga, NY. Members of IAM Local 330 who have been on strike at Ingersoll Rand in Cheektawoga, NY ratified an improved offer from the company this week. Workers at Ingersoll rejected an earlier offer after initially voting to strike early

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