Effective November 1, 2015, Ed Manhart becomes the IAM Retirees, Community and Membership Services Director. Long-time IAM member, representative and activist Edward Manhart will assume his latest challenge on November 1, 2015 as Director of the IAM’s Retirees, Community and Membership Services Department. Manhart most recently served as the Education Representative for the Midwest Territory
Read moreThe IAM Federal Employees Basic Program will take place in February 2016 at the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The IAM is conducting the Federal Employees Basic Program February 7-12, 2016 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Applications should be returned by November 30, 2015. The
Read moreDuring his most recent conversation with host Ed Ferenc of America’s Work Force Radio, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger talked about a wide range of topics including the GOP, the Export-Import Bank, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Hillary Clinton. Regarding the Republican band of candidates for president, Buffenbarger simply stated, “It’s the movable circus
Read moreThanks in large part to a blitz of calls and messages sent by IAM members, House Republicans and Democrats came together this week to overwhelmingly pass a reauthorization of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank. The bank still has legislative hurdles to cross, but it has a key supporter along the way: IAM-endorsed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Read moreDistrict 751 volunteers manned an informational picket outside Cadence-Giddens’ Everett plants this week. Managers at Cadence Aerospace-Giddens in Everett are illegally retaliating against their workers who voted earlier this year to form a union, IAM District 751 charges. Among other things, the union alleges, Cadence-Giddens has illegally withheld 401(k) matches that were due to the
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