WASHINGTON, July 3, 2025 – Brian Bryant, International President of the 600,000-member IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) issued a statement that strongly condemns the passage of the GOP’s “Big Ugly Bill,” calling it a blatant attack on working families and a giveaway to billionaires and multinational corporations: “We can’t remember the last
Read moreBOSTON, June 17, 2025 – U.S. Reps. Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) joined the IAM Union and Boston Ship Repair leadership to call for urgent investments to save the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industries. Joined by IAM Union-represented workers at Boston Ship Repair, the coalition of elected officials, union
Read moreFollowing years of grassroots efforts, a driver-led coalition secures commitment from Uber to support statewide legislation that will pave a pathway to unionization CHICAGO – In a historic breakthrough to transform the rideshare industry and to improve the lives of drivers across the state, the Illinois Drivers Alliance – a coalition powered by drivers and anchored
Read moreThe IAM Union has confirmed that an IAM Union Local 695 (District 160) member and lawful U.S. permanent resident, Maximo Londonio, is being held in custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Londonio has been detained since May 15 after returning home from a trip with his wife and young daughter
Read moreSPRINGFIELD, IL — On Wednesday, May 7, rideshare drivers from across Illinois gathered at the Howlett Secretary of State Building in Springfield to call on state lawmakers to support upcoming legislation that grants app-based drivers the right to collectively bargain under the union of their choice. The event, organized by the Illinois Drivers Alliance, featured
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