U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai recently traveled to Minneapolis to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s Invest in America agenda and attend a roundtable with the IAM District 77 members to highlight USTR’s worker-centered trade policy. Ambassador Tai is the principal trade advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson on U.S. trade policy.
Read moreEarlier this year, workers at Elkhart Brass in Elkhart, Ind., ran an internal organizing campaign to gain greater collective bargaining power and win a more robust union contract.
Read moreIAM District 6 members recently dedicated their time and energy to assisting Hope Haven, a non-profit organization that offers a wide range of services to more than 500 individuals with mental and physical disabilities in southeast Iowa. Hope Haven provides various services such as vocational training, residential care, community living support, employment opportunities, and crisis intervention
Read moreThe IAM Organizing Department recently won a hard-fought organizing campaign to represent 103 workers at Vaderstad, Inc., an agricultural equipment manufacturer in Wahpeton, N.D. Production workers at the facility make air seeders and tillage equipment for the Sweden-based company. The campaign was won by IAM Organizing Department Grand Lodge Representative Dennis Mendenhall with support from
Read moreThe IAM is mourning the passing of retired General Vice President George Poulin, a 72-year gold member of the IAM who served on the union’s Executive Council for 20 years. Poulin, 91, passed away on Sept. 1, 2023. Poulin, the son of Canadian immigrants, rose through the IAM to become Resident General Vice President, where
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