IAM District 15 Assistant Directing Business Representative Mike Vartabedian was recently presented with the Greater Boston Labor Council 2021 Award for his work as co-chair of the Public Transit Public Good Coalition, a group that successfully helped reverse proposed job cuts at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreNew Jersey State Council of Machinists President Cristino Vilorio, along with Executive Board members, this week met with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) to thank them for their continued support of legislation that is beneficial to the over 20,000 New Jersey Machinists Union members.
Read moreThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has approved a petition for 130 workers at a Pathway Vet Alliance facility in Rochester, N.Y., to conduct a mail-in ballot election for representation by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
Read moreWASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2021 – The Maine Lobstering Union (MLU) today filed a brief with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to end the misguided closure of productive lobstering waters off the coast of Maine.
Read moreThe chant of “contract now” could be heard over the roar of the wind, the rush of passing cars and occasional horn-honking as new Machinists Union members employed by Cascades Containerboard in Niagara Falls, NY, rallied for a first contract.
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