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  • iMail , News October 7, 2015

    Make Your Mark on the 2015 IAM Women’s, Young Workers and Human Rights Conference

    We’re going to change the world at the 2015 IAM Women’s, Young Workers and Human Rights Conference – and even if you couldn’t make it to Puerto Rico, we want you to be a part of something special. Speakers will include members of the IAM Executive Council, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, and other leaders from

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  • iMail , News October 6, 2015

    IP Buffenbarger on TPP Announcement: ‘A New Low in Corporate Dominance’

    The IAM and a broad coalition have voiced concerns with the secretive negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for more than five years. The announcement of an “agreement in principle” on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations brings workers just steps away from facing the consequences

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  • iMail , News October 6, 2015

    Blevins Named IAM Aerospace Coordinator

      Effective October 1, 2015, Tony Blevins has been appointed an IAM Aerospace Coordinator With a resume that includes extensive military experience, numerous IAM local and district lodge positions and an encyclopedic knowledge of the Service Contract Act (SCA), Daleville, AL Local 2003 member Tony Blevins will begin the next phase of his union career

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  • iMail , News October 6, 2015

    Seaway Task Force Calls for Upgrades at Michigan Lock

    From left, IAM Eastern Territory Grand Lodge Representative Ed Kuss, Michigan State Machinists Council Representative Dick Cummings and his wife, Lake Carriers’ Association President James Weakley and IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President Lynn Tucker, Jr. tour the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, MI as part of an effort to upgrade the outdated lock

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  • iMail , News October 6, 2015

    IAM Welcomes New Members at Red River Army Depot in Texas

    The IAM has 164 new members at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, TX. Marking a capstone to a yearlong organizing campaign and the last workday prior to an IAM election, XOtech LLC has agreed to recognize the IAM as the exclusive bargaining agent for its employees at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, TX.

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