This week, the negotiation committee representing over 600 IAM Union members working at three separate United Launch Alliance (ULA) sites opened negotiations in Huntsville, Ala. United Launch Alliance engineers, manufactures, launches, and supports various space exploration vehicles, including the current Atlas and Delta rockets. Since 2006, IAM Union members have helped successfully launch over 150
Read moreIAM Local 2006 members at PKL, a Service Contract company at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, recently attended a negotiations prep program at the IAM’s Winpisinger Center. The base sits just outside Boise, Idaho, where IAM members service aircraft and train Singapore Air Force members. Watch the video report here. In 2018, there
Read moreThe legislative building in Santa Fe, N.M., is known as the Roundhouse. Citizens can spend hours there going round and round with different lobbyists and interest groups trying to sway state politicians. This session, IAM members from New Mexico Locals 1635 (Albuquerque), 794 (Albuquerque), and 2515 (Alamogordo) –along with IAM International President Brian Bryant, Western
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the PACCAR (operating as Kenworth) facility in Renton, Wash., which employs approximately 300 members of IAM Union District 160, as a recipient of its Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program, which supports the transition to zero-emission vehicles. “This funding support will have a massive impact on IAM Union members
Read moreIAM International President Brian Bryant, IAM Resident General Vice President Jody Bennett, and several IAM International Representatives recently walked a picket line in front of the Virgin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas to support fellow UNITE HERE workers. The workers have been on strike since November, and their resolve is stronger than ever. The
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