U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), right, stands in solidarity with labor and environmental rights advocates before a march demanding to see the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. When IAM members and aligned community and labor activists knocked on the door of the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to see the secretly-negotiated text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Read moreMaria Roeper Paul Shemanski IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., has appointed Maria Roeper to be IAM Director of Human Resources, effective July 1, 2015. In addition to her human resources responsibilities, Roeper will continue to serve as counsel of the recently-formed IAM Health and Welfare Programs Department. Roeper served as IAM Assistant General Counsel
Read moreDelegates attending the IAM 2015 Industrial Conference in Chicago can help support our TCU/IAM Brothers and Sisters at Airport Express Shuttle for transportation from either Midway or O’Hare Airports to the Chicago Hilton. Airport Express is offering IAM members a 20 percent discount for travel from either airport to the Chicago Hilton. Online booking is
Read moreHourly workers at Cadence Aerospace-Giddens in Everett, WA voted by a 3-to-2 margin to join IAM District 751. Hourly workers at Cadence Aerospace-Giddens in Everett, WA are now part of IAM District 751. The National Labor Relations Board certified the results of the union election at the company, which had been held May 14-15. Hourly
Read moreIAM members joined labor and community activists to protest Fast Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership outside the Greenbelt, MD office of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD). Ways and Means Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) is pushing to bring Fast Track legislation for the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to a vote in the House. It’s up
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