New entrants into the IAM CREST/District 15 Youth Transition to Work program completed an OSHA outreach program in Lyndhurst, NJ. As part of a New Jersey state funded program operated by IAM CREST and District 15, more than a dozen young automotive and diesel apprentices took part in a two-day OSHA training program in
Read moreAce and Addison Royster, children of IAM member Lionel Royster and wife Jessie, at the annual Local 1943 union picnic at King’s Island Amusement Park in Mason, OH. Nearly 1,000 IAM members and their families donned their Machinists shirts and braved the heat to ascend on King’s Island Amusement Park for their ninth annual
Read moreMembers of the IAM Local 1943 Community Services Committee drop off donated goods and funds to the Yellow Ribbon Support Center in Cincinnati, OH. From left: Local 1943 Community Services Committee Chairman Steve Hollon, Committee member Jennifer Meyer, YRSC Founder Keith Maupin, YRSC volunteer Edie Kibbey and Committee member Jeff Geier. For the seventh year
Read moreIAM Local 1471 members at Core Molding Technologies in Columbus, OH began their week with tragic news. A coworker and union brother, Timothy Underwood, had succumbed to injuries sustained in an early morning plant accident. IAM members at Core produce composites used to produce vehicle parts. “On behalf of the District 54 family I send
Read moreIAM Local 1943 member and Ohio Army National Guard Cpl. John Riley, standing on right, and his squad from the 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade attached to the 48th Infantry Brigade in Afghanistan. Ohio Army National Guard Cpl. John Riley was “in the middle of nowhere.” “It’s a term everyone has used, but I truly
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