The 40th IAM Grand Lodge Convention held this past year in Las Vegas brought together a diverse group of more than 1,000 delegates from local lodges across North America. The IAM Western Territory Grand Lodge Convention Host Committee was tasked with making delegates feel welcome during the convention.
Read moreCommittee on Future Hears from Pacific Northwest Membership: The Committee on the Future (COTF) held four listening sessions in Washington State, making stops in Everett, Auburn, and Renton. IAM members from as far as Hawaii joined the conversation, offering ideas of how to strengthen our union, including ways to engage better and communicate with the
Read moreIAM members in the Los Angeles area recently participated in a Committee on the Future (COTF) Listening Session and offered suggestions on how to continue improving the IAM. Attendees praised the union’s transparency and many offered ideas on how to boost the IAM’s already successful outreach strategy.
Read moreIAM Western Territory General Vice President Gary R. Allen, Chief of Staff Bobby Martinez, and Grand Lodge Representative Richard Suarez held the line with Writers Guild of America (WGA) strikers outside of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles last week. “This is what being in the labor movement is,” said IAM Western Territory General Vice President
Read moreTwenty-two members of IAM Local 1930’s bargaining committee for the City of Long Beach, CA recently attended a week-long Negotiations Prep program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD.
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