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  • iMail , News February 4, 2016

    Big Week for Southern Territory: Back-to-Back Wins, Over 300 New Members

    Grand Lodge Representative Joe Greaser (left) and District 74 Directing Business Representative Larry Young (right) bookend NAS Norfolk workers who voted to join the IAM. The Southern Territory doubled down with a one-two organizing punch when 111 aircraft workers and mechanics at NAS Norfolk, VA joined the IAM just days after 210 workers at NAS

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  • iMail , News February 4, 2016

    IAM Members Getting Union-Made Degrees at Winpisinger Center

    IAM members listen closely during a general education cohort for the ESC/IAM Partnership Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education Center. From left: Robert Breaux, Communicator/Educator, Local 850, Oklahoma City, OK; Joan Cox, President, Local 350, La Grange, NC; Frances Finau-Stepp, Local 1782, San Jose, CA; Gurjinder Singh Grewal, Chief Steward, Local 16, British Columbia,

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  • iMail , News February 4, 2016

    Campbell Appointed Western Territory Education Representative

    Melissa Campbell, left, is congratulated by IAM Western Territory General Vice President Gary Allen after being sworn in as the territory’s new Education Representative. IAM International President Bob Martinez announced he has appointed Melissa Campbell as the Western Territory Education Representative. The appointment was effective February 1. Campbell, a 28-year member of Sky Harbor Lodge

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  • News February 3, 2016

    Machinists Union President Responds to TPP Signing

    Washington, D.C., February 3, 2016 – International President Robert Martinez, Jr., of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers issued the following statement on the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership by the Obama Administration. We are deeply disappointed by the announcement of today’s signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which by all accounts will

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  • iMail , News February 2, 2016

    Deadline Approaching: Enroll Now for 2016 Spanish Programs

    Members of the June 2015 Spanish Leadership Working Group. Front row, from left: Paula Cardenas, Adriana Picasso, Geny Ulloa and Anne Wiberg. Second Row: Javier Almazan, Macario Camorlinga, Abby Lau, Calixto Tapia and Danny Arreola. Back Row: Jorge Bonilla, Angel Perez, Cesar Alvarado, Jose Perez, Joel Ochoa and Armando Arreola. The William W. Winpisinger Center

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