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  • iMail , News November 24, 2015

    Last Chance to Register for Intermediate Web Development Class

    Are you looking to take your District or Local’s website to the next level? The IAM’s Intermediate Web Development Class, to be held February 14-19, 2016 at the Winpisinger Center, will give you the tools you need to reach your membership online like never before. The deadline to register is Friday, December 4. Prospective participants must

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  • iMail , News November 24, 2015

    District 19 Dedicates Historic Bell to Buffenbarger Library

       IAM District 19 members restored a historic locomotive bell to be displayed at the R. Thomas Buffenbarger Library at the Winpisinger Center. A relic of American railroad history now has a home at the R. Thomas Buffenbarger Library at the IAM’s Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD. A locomotive bell, possibly from as far back

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  • iMail , News November 19, 2015

    IAM Retirees Build Power at 2015 Conference

    IAM Local Lodge 63 member Sam Beekman, right, was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2013. He spoke to delegates at the 2015 IAM Retiree Conference about living with a life-threatening disease. Retired IAM members don’t just leave the fight to their working brothers and sisters when they call it a career. Take

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  • iMail , News November 19, 2015

    Congressional Pressure Builds to Repeal Middle-Class Health Insurance Tax Hike

    Democrats and Republicans from both houses of Congress are urging the president to work with them to rapidly repeal the Affordable Care Act’s excise tax that will affect many middle-class worker health insurance plans. In a letter to President Obama, Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT)

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  • iMail , News November 19, 2015

    District 751 Machinists Honored for Saving Life of Co-Worker

    IAM District 751 members Mark McGarrity, Anthony Alsted and Darren Gremmert pose with Brad Davis (second from right), whose life they saved. Two members of IAM District 751 have received the Governor’s Lifesaving Award for quick actions that saved the life of a Boeing Co. co-worker. The incident occurred early one morning in August 2014,

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