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  • iMail , News , Southern August 17, 2017

    One Base, Two Contracts

    Increased wages – Check. Better health care options – Check. Stronger pension contributions – Check. 

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  • iMail , News , Southern August 15, 2017

    Four Decades at the Table

    It was the last year of the Vietnam War. Gas was 38 cents a gallon. The Watergate scandal was in full swing and the song Bad, Bad Leroy Brown was dominating the radio. It was 1973. And while all of this was happening throughout the country, the Machinists were putting in place a first contract

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  • Southern August 3, 2017

    Swissport Workers Want the IAM Again

    The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has always been synonymous with being the largest airline union in the country. We are the Heavyweight among giants in a field that’s forever changing due to the economic climate. That’s important when it comes to Organizing. And it’s why a group of about 130 workers in

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  • iMail , News , Southern August 3, 2017

    International President Tours Houston Shop Floor

    IAM International President Bob Martinez was in Houston to visit with the nearly 360 Machinists members who work at Wyman Gordon Forgings, a subsidiary of Precision Castparts Corp. It was an opportunity to meet the Machinists Union members who keep the aerospace industry flying high and running smoothly.

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  • iMail , News , Southern July 18, 2017

    Southern States Conference of Machinists: We are the Southern Voice

    ‘We Are the Southern Voice’ was the theme that drew more than 200 delegates from the 14 Southern States, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to Nashville, TN.

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