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Team America from Russellville, AL (Photo by Russellville City Schools Rockets and Robots) Seven students from Russellville, AL, with the help of IAM Local 44 member Preston Burns, won world final competition of the Rocketry Challenge at the Paris Air Show. Burns served as their technical mentor and traveled with the team throughout all of
Read moreIAM General Vice President Dora Cervantes has appointed IAM Local 837A Secretary-Treasurer Bryan Pinette to serve as a Grand Lodge Auditor. Pinette will service lodges in southern Missouri, Arkansas and Montana. “Bryan brings a fresh perspective and an innovative point of view to the General Secretary-Treasurer’s Department,” said Cervantes. “We welcome him on board and
Read moreIAM Grand Lodge Representative Edison Fraser, right, recently received his bachelor’s degree in labor studies from the National Labor College at a ceremony at Columbia University in New York. IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., left, was on hand to congratulate Fraser. When IAM Grand Lodge Representative Edison Fraser received his bachelor’s degree in labor
Read moreElderly and minority voters are among the targets of new voting restriction laws passing state legislatures throughout the country. Fifty years ago, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. It gave the federal government the power to ensure that all citizens could vote and prohibited states with a history of
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., draws a raffle ticket from a jar held by General Vice President Diane Babineaux at the 2015 IAM Industrial Conference in Chicago. Numerous fundraisers were held to raise money for Guide Dogs of America and the 2016 Grand Lodge Convention. In Chicago, the signs of industry can be seen
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