IAM Local 1746 member Regan Toomey, a volunteer firefighter, charged into a home to save four children trapped after an explosion. Regan Toomey is no stranger to volunteering. The IAM Local 1746 (East Hartford, CT) member gives countless hours as an IAM Organizer and Training Representative at Pratt & Whitney. But for the last 10
Read moreJack Williams Eric Kratzer IAM members Jack Williams and Eric Kratzer will become vice presidents of the Ohio State Council of Machinists, effective September 1, 2016. The move comes alongside an announcement from Council President T. Dean Wright, Jr. that the West Virgina State Council of Machinists will merge into the Ohio State Council of
Read moreGuide Dogs of America Director of Training Dan Rollings at IAM Local 743’s annual GDA golf tournament with Enzo, a fully trained guide dog. A packed field of 156 golfers turned out for the 15th annual Guide Dogs of America (GDA) golf tournament at Oak Ridge Golf Club in Agawam, MA. More than $75,000 was
Read moreNew 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
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