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WASHINGTON, July 14, 2020 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is calling on members of Congress to pressure U.S. Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works (BIW), a subsidiary of General Dynamics, to negotiate a fair contract agreement with 4,300 IAM Local S6 shipbuilders entering the fourth week of a strike in Maine.
Read moreJoe Biden, the IAM’s endorsed candidate for president, has laid out a strong and comprehensive plan to bring back hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs to the United States by building, investing and innovating in America. IAM members voted to endorse Biden in March after a first-of-its-kind membership vote for the union’s endorsement. In multiple
Read moreWASHINGTON, July 1, 2020 – Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), issued the following statement regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) going into effect today: “USMCA won’t stop the hundreds of thousands of manufacturing and service jobs that are being offshored from the U.S. Contrary to
Read moreWASHINGTON, June 22, 2020 – Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) issued the following statement on the strike of more than 4,300 IAM Local S6 members in Bath, Maine: “More than 600,000 Fighting Machinists from across North America send solidarity to the hardworking men and women
Read moreContact: DeLane Adams, IAM 301-609-1387 dadams@iamaw.org WASHINGTON, March 26, 2020 – The 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), North America’s largest aerospace, airline and defense union, applauds the Senate’s unanimous passage of the bipartisan CARES Act. The IAM, along with allies on Capitol Hill, vastly improved the COVID-19 relief bill from
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