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IAM members at General Electric have collectively rejected the company’s final contract offer by an overwhelming margin. The IAM has served GE with the 10-day strike notification. The IAM will officially begin the strike on August 12, 2019, at 12:01 am. IAM Representatives and the Negotiating Committees are ready and willing to meet with
Read moreInternational Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) General Vice President Brian Bryant issued the following statement in response to IUE-CWA’s members’ rejection of the General Electric’s concessionary contract offer. “The IAM applauds the decision by the IUE-CWA GE members to reject this concessionary contract offer,” said Bryant. “The IAM supports going back to
Read moreLong-time IAM Law Committee Chair and 48-year member Phil Zannella, Jr. passed away last week at the age of 64. Zannella first joined the IAM Law Committee in 1992 and served until his retirement in 2018.
Read moreIAM delegates from the General Electric Coordinated Bargaining Committee (CBC), coalition of 11 national unions representing 6,600 workers, opposes GE’s proposed contract and will recommend that their IAM Locals reject the company’s offer.
Read moreFive new apprentices entered the diesel mechanics program at Bronx Community College (BCC) in New York, and will work at IAM represented locations as they train. “There is no better way for a young worker to learn a trade than to do it on the job and in a union environment,” said IAM Eastern Territory
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