NFFE/IAM organizers canvassed hundreds of NFFE/IAM Local 178 members and other potential members in an election campaign at the Army Contracting Command (ACC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Gunpowder, MD. Employees of the Army Contracting Command (ACC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Gunpowder, MD have a rich history of NFFE/IAM representation. However, a recent agency
Read moreThe IAM recently welcomed to headquarters a key group of bankruptcy experts, attorneys and representatives from the AFL-CIO, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the State University of New York (SUNY). The group plans to examine bankruptcy as it pertains to pensions and collective bargaining agreements for a series of educational videos that
Read moreIAM General Vice President and Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) National Vice President Diane Babineaux, front center in red, led a delegation of IAM women to the 17th Biennial CLUW Convention in Reno, NV. More than 400 delegates from 40 International Unions met at the 17th Biennial Convention of the Coalition of Labor Union
Read moreThe IAM and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) joined 17 other unions representing 300,000 federal workers in a joint letter to members of the House-Senate negotiating committee tasked with hammering out a budget deal urging lawmakers to craft a long-term solution that ends sequestration without inflicting additional financial burden on federal workers who
Read moreVeterans from the Greater St. Louis area of Missouri and Illinois attended IAM District 9’s second annual Military Veterans Brunch in Bridgeton, MO, in honor of 2013 Veterans Day. IAM District 9 in Bridgeton, MO held its second annual Military Veterans Brunch on Sunday, November 10, 2013 to honor and remember the IAM District 9
Read more