IAM Local 44 members pose with NASA Commercial Crew astronauts who will use their rockets to travel to the International Space Station in 2017. The IAM’s lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill paid off when a House committee approved an amendment allowing United Launch Alliance (ULA) to obtain 18 RD-180 rocket engines. The IAM has hundreds
Read moreSome of the IAM District 141 members who volunteered to prepare and pass out food and bottled water to people affected by the recent historic Houston flood. Houston is reeling after a historic Tax Day deluge dropped up to 24 inches of rain in parts of the metro area. Hit especially hard was Greenspoint, a
Read moreThe IAM will hold the 2016 Federal Employees Advanced Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD, July 17-22, 2016. The registration deadline for this class is May 9, 2016. In order to attend this program you must have first completed the Basic Federal Program. Helpful for stewards, officers and
Read moreIAM members had a chance to meet with former President Bill Clinton while he was campaigning for his wife before the Connecticut primary. From left: U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), District 26 Business Representative Pat Buzzee, Connecticut State Council of Machinists (CSCM) Treasurer Kirby Boyce, CSCM President John Harrity, Clinton, U.S. Rep. John Larson (D-CT),
Read moreDave Sullivan Doug Sizemore IAM District 4 Directing Business Representative Dave Sullivan and former Eastern Territory Education Representative Doug Sizemore have been appointed Special Representatives in the IAM’s Eastern Territory. Sullivan, a 28-year IAM member, initially joined the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSWA) when he began working as a shipbuilder
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