IAM Flight Attendants hit Capitol Hill demanding a mandatory 10 hour rest period be added to the FAA Reauthorization bill. IAM Flight Attendants from across the country joined hundreds of other cabin crew members from multiple unions on Capitol Hill for a “Rally for Rest” which visited all 541 Congressional offices last week in an
Read moreWomen were first admitted to the Machinists Union with equal rights in 1911. The IAMAW’s Secretary-Treasurer and one of its General Vice Presidents are women, but women are still in the minority when it comes to membership in the Machinists Union. The women in this video explain why women’s voices must be heard. The song
Read moreU.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, a powerful Democrat from Hawaii, is part of a growing pro-labor coalition in Washington that’s fighting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, also known as the TPP.
Read moreWashington, D.C., March 21, 2016 – Following Sen. Bernie Sanders’s trip to Washington state, IAM International President Bob Martinez issued the following statement in response to Sanders’s comments on the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank: “The IAM continues to be concerned about Sen. Sanders’s push to end the Ex-Im Bank. The bank means jobs for our members,
Read moreWildland firefighters and other seasonal federal workers are still being prevented from advancing into permanent government positions, writes National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) National President Bill Dougan in a letter to President Obama. Dougan is asking Obama to step in because he says the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is refusing to follow a
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