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  • iMail , News July 15, 2014

    Oppose New OMB Rule to Use Bogus U.S. Trade Numbers

    IAM members have until Monday, July 21 to oppose a new dangerous rule that would affect how the U.S. government develops statistics concerning manufactured goods. Click here to submit a comment. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposal would treat goods sold by U.S. companies as manufactured in the U.S., even though they were

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  • iMail , News July 15, 2014

    Young Machinists Program Lauded at COMTO Summit

    IAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux, center, is joined by, left, Regional Coordinator for TCU/IAM Training Services Department Nicole Burnett and Atlanta TCU/IAM Lead Field Education Representative Felicia Hill at the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials’ 43rd National Meeting and Training Conference in Atlanta. After being previously honored by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials

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  • iMail , News July 15, 2014

    IAM, TCU Set Strike Deadline at LIRR

    More than 3,000 Long Island Rail Road Workers, including IAM and TCU members, rallied at New York’s Massapequa Train Station, demanding that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority accept the recommendations of two Presidential Emergency Boards by July 20 in order to avoid a strike. After four years of contract negotiations, the IAM, TCU and six union

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  • IAM International News , iMail , News July 10, 2014

    IAM Delta Campaign Lands in London

    ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton meets with Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants to let them know the ITF fully supports their efforts to gain IAM representation. Left to right, Cotton and Delta Flight Attendants, Dawn Peterson, Don McBryde, Masayo Tyner and Marianne Bicksler. Illustrating the global reach of the IAM’s Delta Flight Attendant organizing campaign,

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  • iMail , News July 10, 2014

    Local 701 Auto Mechanics Strike in Illinois

    IAM Local 701 auto mechanics, in negotiations for their first contract at Al Piemonte Chevrolet in East Dundee, IL, are on strike after the company made a subpar offer to their demands for better wages, benefits and working conditions. IAM Local 701 auto mechanics at Al Piemonte Chevrolet in East Dundee, IL have voted to

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