IAM District 54 President/Directing Business Representative T. Dean Wright announced the appointment of Regina Wright as Business Representative/Organizer for District Lodge 54, effective January 1, 2020.
Read moreThe 21st Annual IAM Local Lodge 912 Golf Tournament was held on October 8, 2019 at the Mill Golf Course in Cincinnati, OH. More than $6,300 was raised for the Guide Dogs of America.
Read moreSeventy-seven members of IAM Local 2704, employed by Velan Valve in Williston, Vermont, returned to work Monday after a weeklong strike. The highly skilled machinists manufacture high precision valves for customers such as the U.S. Navy and nuclear facilities. The members previously rejected the company’s offer over proposed changes to the temporary employee’s language and
Read moreThe IAM mourns the loss of a Bath Iron Works (BIW) icon, Clayton Grover. The Local S6 member passed away at 87 on October 4, 2019 after a brief illness. For nearly seven decades Brother Grover has reported for duty at BIW, often saying that he continues to work “because I still can,” and that
Read moreLast week thousands of members of the Machinists Union affiliate Independent Drivers Guild (IDG), a labor group for app-based drivers at Uber and Lyft, brought rush hour traffic in New York City to a virtual standstill. To protest changes being rolled out by Uber and Lyft, drivers led a caravan that stretched across the Brooklyn
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