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PHILADELPHIA, June 12, 2022 — Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the 600,000 member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), North America’s largest aerospace, defense and transportation labor union, released the following statement: “The Machinists Union congratulates AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond on their historic election to lead the AFL-CIO.
Read moreSAN DIEGO, June 3, 2022 – Military Pilot Instructors at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, like the ones in the new Top Gun film, have voted to go on strike, beginning Friday, June 3. The employer, Lockheed Martin, has refused to fairly compensate the eight highly accomplished pilots, members of International Association of
Read moreWASHINGTON, June 1, 2022 – U.S. Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) are asking GKN Aerospace CEO David Paja and GKN President of Defense Shawn Black for answers and requesting their support and assistance in saving approximately 1,000 family-sustaining jobs at GKN Aerospace in Hazelwood, Mo. “The recent announcement that the facility would close next year came as a
Read morePEMBINA, N.D., May 27, 2022 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which represents approximately 174 workers at the Motor Coach Industries (MCI) bus plant in Pembina, N.D., will use every resource available to protect its membership and stop MCI’s parent company, Canada-based New Flyer International, from closing the facility. The announcement
Read moreFERNDALE, Wash., May 19, 2022 –IAM Local 2379 (District 160) members at Intalco Works, a Washington State aluminum manufacturing plant, have overwhelmingly ratified a five-year collective bargaining agreement with Blue Wolf Capital Partners, one of the last steps toward reopening and modernizing the facility and restoring hundreds of jobs in Whatcom County. The final remaining hurdle for IAM Local
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