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  • iMail , News December 5, 2013

    Connecticut District 26 Members Rally at Local Pratt Plant

    Hundreds of IAM District 26 members employed by Pratt & Whitney (P&W) in East Hartford, and Middletown, CT, marched through the factory this week, shouting “solidarity forever” and blowing whistles, to demonstrate their support for their Negotiating Committee currently in talks for a new agreement. The current three-year agreement covering 2,700 members at Local 700

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  • iMail , News December 5, 2013

    Deadline Approaching for IAM Young Workers Conference

    The deadline to reserve a hotel room under the special rate for the IAM’s Young Workers and Emerging Leaders Conference is December 17, 2013. The conference will be held at the Embassy Suites Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, TX, January 16-18, 2014. The IAM has secured a special room rate of $169 plus tax for

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  • IAM International News , iMail , News December 5, 2013

    GLR Mike Rose Elected to BWI World Council

    Mike Rose The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) has elected IAM Grand Lodge Representative Mike Rose to its World Council, the global union federation’s highest governing body when the World Congress is not in session. BWI has more than 350 member organizations in 135 countries in the building, building materials, wood, forestry and allied

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  • iMail , News December 5, 2013

    Connecticut Local 1871 Feeds 90 Families for Thanksgiving

    Left to right, IAM Local Lodge 1871 President Pat Buzzee, wife Julia Buzzee, Retiree and past Local 1871 President Michael “Snuffy” Smith, and Local 1871 Vice President Jim Underhill inventory turkeys for the 23rd Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive at the Local 1871 Food Pantry. IAM Local 1871 in Groton, CT, completed its 23rd year of

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  • iMail , News December 5, 2013

    Send the Gift of Guide Dogs This Holiday

    Paying for puppy vaccines is just one of the ways you can turn a donation into the perfect gift for friends or family with the Guide Dogs of America Holiday Fund-A-Need.  Are you looking for a gift for someone on your gift list? Maybe they’re hard to shop for or they already have everything. Donating

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