NASA has selected IAM members at United Launch Alliance (ULA) to build and launch the reliable Atlas V rocket to carry its next robotic science rover to Mars. The mission is known as Mars 2020. ULA’s successful track record, and its experienced Decatur, AL IAM Local 44 employees, helped win the production contract with NASA
Read moreNow into the fourth week of a strike at Tinker Air Force Base, IAM Local 850 civil engineering workers are sending a strong message in a fight to maintain the pension that’s been in their contract for the past 16 years. More than 240 members are walking the picket line in solidarity against Alutiiq Commercial
Read moreWorkers at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Newport News, VA join IAM leadership before beginning negotiations with the company in February 2016. From left: IAM Southern Territory General Vice President Mark Blondin, Latasha Greene, Aaron Lawrence, Shannon Briscoe, John “Tony” Polisk, District 74 Directing Business Representative Larry Young and Grand Lodge Representative Joe Greaser. Hardened
Read moreTwo communities on opposite ends of the country are each being devastated—one by flood and the other by wildfire—leaving behind a trail of devastation of a magnitude rarely seen. You can help IAM members in these communities by donating to the IAM Disaster Relief Fund. What’s being called the worst natural disaster since Superstorm Sandy,
Read moreIAM Local 850 members, family and community supporters entered the second week of a strike against Alutiiq Commercial Enterprises at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City to save their pensions. Now into the second week of a strike at Tinker Air Force Base, IAM Local 850 civil engineering workers are standing strong in their fight to
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