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George Kourpias, who served as the IAM’s International President for eight years before retiring in 1997, passed away on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. He was 87.
Read moreWASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2019 – International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) International President Robert Martinez Jr. issued the following statement regarding the proposal by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-La.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) addressing the multi-employer pension plan crisis: “Proponents of this plan can call it whatever they want, but it is nothing
Read moreWASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2019 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is leading a group of 12 industrial and manufacturing unions pledging to oppose NAFTA 2.0, should it come to a House vote without major changes to stop outsourcing and implement stronger labor standards, enforcement and rules of origin provisions. Read the
Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2019 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today sent a letter to House Finance Committee members, urging them vote “yes” to approve Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-Calif.) legislation that would create and sustain U.S. manufacturing jobs. The legislation, the United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 (H.R. 4863), would sustain U.S.
Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2019 – The House of Representatives should not vote on a renegotiated NAFTA agreement until critical flaws in U.S. trade policy are fixed, writes Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) in a letter to members of Congress. The IAM has been a
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