Time’s running out to enter your newsletter or website in the annual IAM Newsletter and Website Contest. The deadline for entries is Friday, March 4, 2016. The Newsletter and Website Contest is open to all good-standing local and district lodges who regularly distribute official newsletters and/or maintain regularly-updated websites. A panel of independent judges will
Read moreThe Coalition of Labor Union Women featured IAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux in an interview for Black History Month. As part of the celebration of Black History Month, General Vice President Diane Babineaux was recognized by the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) in a recent interview to profile black women who play large
Read moreIn a letter to members of the U.S. Senate, IAM International President Bob Martinez urged them to include language in its FAA reauthorization bill that mirrors the Flight Attendant Fatigue amendment adopted by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. “The current FAA rest minimum for flight attendants, even after a 14-hour duty day, is 9
Read moreIAM officials and Hawaiian Airlines met to formally sign the IAM-Hawaiian Airlines collective bargaining agreements. From left: Grand Lodge Representative, Shawn Humpherys, IAM designee to the Hawaiian Airlines Board of Directors Joe Guerrieri, Transportation General Vice President Sito Pantoja, Hawaiian Airlines CEO Mark Dunkerley, Transportation Chief of Staff Joseph Tiberi and IAM General Counsel Mark
Read moreHolding the banner from left: Pat Cleveland, Brian Bramblett, Kimberly Burse and Jeanette Valdes. Back Row: District 75 Organizer Mike Cooke, Michael Whitsitt, Victor Williams, Tommy C. Beard, Tommy J. Beard, Robert Shepherd and Special Representative Tony Wirth. Twenty-one workers at Fort McClellan, near Anniston, AL recently joined the IAM. The prime contractor, Aktarius LLC,
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