WASHINGTON, 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
Read moreWASHINGTON, March 23, 2020 — Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), released the following statement urging support for hundreds of thousands of aerospace workers affected by the coronavirus crisis. The aerospace industry is currently left out of the House version of relief legislation being drafted
Read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, March 8, 2020 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), utilizing an unprecedented democratic process that included a general membership vote open to all U.S. members in good standing, has endorsed Joe Biden for president of the United States. The IAM’s endorsement is the majority will of the
Read moreWASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2020 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) releases the following statement on the death of IAM Local 66 member Dana Walk, 57, killed in the February 26, 2020 shooting at Molson Coors Beverage Company in Milwaukee. “The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) was saddened to
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