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Nearly 70,000 Massachusetts rideshare drivers become largest private workforce to win union recognition since Ford autoworkers in 1941 Historic progress for in Massachusetts inspires similar fights for union rights in California, Minnesota, Illinois BOSTON — In a watershed moment for the nation’s labor movement, rideshare drivers in Massachusetts with the App Drivers Union (ADU) have
Read moreThe IAM Union is mourning the tragic loss of IAM Local S6 Brother Andrew Cross, a Bath Iron Works Outside Machinist and volunteer firefighter who passed away while responding to the devastating fire at the Robbins Lumber mill in Searsmont, Maine. Cross, 27, died on May 15, 2026 after a burning silo exploded during firefighting
Read moreThe IAM Union thanks U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin for her continued leadership and strong support for revitalizing America’s domestic shipbuilding industry and protecting union jobs across the maritime sector. Baldwin recently joined U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in calling on President Trump to stand firm against China’s unfair
Read moreThe IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), as a member of the newly-formed USA Shipbuilding Coalition, is helping to lead the charge in pressing Congress to save the nation’s shipbuilding industry through measures like the SHIPS for America Act. The joint industry-union coalition brings labor and management together in a unified effort
Read moreBOSTON, May 11, 2026 — The USNS Dewayne T. Williams is scheduled to return to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in late spring for a planned drydocking and maintenance availability at Boston Ship Repair, LLC, marking a return to the region where the vessel was originally constructed more than four decades ago. Crowley, which operates the vessel through
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