Spanish language version below Workers in Puerto Rico, expected to provide cheap labor for airlines, fight back with major rallies at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and Lufthansa Technik’s Aguadilla maintenance plant San Juan, PR – Unbeknownst to most commercial flyers, an increasing number of maintenance hours on domestic U.S. flights are being serviced in
Read moreIAM Union Local 2003 recently held its third annual “Stakes at the Gate” political forum on Saturday, Aug. 16, drawing union members, community leaders, and residents across the area.
Read moreOKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 21, 2025 — Approximately 317 members of IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) Local 850 (District 171) in Oklahoma City, Okla., have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The contract, covering 317 full-time, part-time, and casual Air Traffic Controller (ATC) Instructors at the
Read moreAt 8:56 P.M. Eastern daylight time this past Tuesday night, two methane-fueled BE-4 engines roared to life at pad 41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. With three million pounds of thrust, United Launch Alliance (ULA) first fully operational Vulcan rocket system was on its way to orbit with two military satellites up top for the
Read moreCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug. 15, 2025 — The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), the largest defense and aerospace union in the United States, is calling on Texas U.S. Senators and U.S. Reps. Michael Cloud and Vincente Gonzalez to act immediately to stop the planned layoffs of nearly 900 workers at the Corpus
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