FORT WORTH, Texas, April 24, 2022 – Approximately 5,000 members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 776 in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday voted to ratify a new contract with Lockheed Martin. The four-year, two-month contract takes effect Monday, April 25. IAM members at the Fort Worth facility build the F-35,
Read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, March 9, 2022 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the labor union which recently organized Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL) employees, is supporting legislation that would extend the right to collectively bargain to all public library employees in Maryland. On the heels of the successful BCPL campaign, the IAM has been
Read moreWASHINGTON, March 4, 2022 – Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace, the largest aerospace and defense labor union in North America, released the following statement regarding President Biden’s expansion of “Buy American”: “The Machinists Union has championed and called for an expansion of ‘Buy American’ domestic content
Read moreWASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 – International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) International President Robert Martinez Jr. released this statement after President Biden’s first State of the Union address: “The IAM was proud to endorse President Biden through a first-of-its-kind, rank-and-file membership vote. Through the activism of our members and so many worker-friendly allies,
Read morePARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA WASHINGTON, 24 de febrero de 2022– A más de 200 mecanics y relacionados que trabajan en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, en Lufthansa Technik, Puerto Rico, LLC. se les otorgó el derecho a participar en una elección para unirse a la Asociación Internacional de Maquinistas y Trabajadores Aeroespaciales (IAM), la unión de aerolíneas y transporte más grande
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