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  • Press releases November 5, 2013

    Machinists to Vote on Boeing 777X Proposal

    Washington, D.C., November 5, 2013 – Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 751, District W-24 will vote on a proposal from the Boeing Company that, if approved, would guarantee the Boeing 777X wings and fuselage will be built by IAM members in the Puget Sound. In exchange for the

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  • Press releases October 29, 2013

    Machinists Union Opposes Plan to Cut Pensions

    Washington, D.C., October 29, 2013 — At a hearing today by the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voiced its strong opposition to any new federal legislation that would allow “deeply-troubled” multi-employer defined benefit pension plans to reduce benefits to current retirees, a practice that

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  • Press releases August 12, 2013

    Machinists Union Wins Election for 4,600 Mechanic and Related at US Airways

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C., August 12, 2013 – In a contest overseen by the Nation Mediation Board (NMB), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today soundly defeated the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) in an election to represent nearly 4,600 Mechanic and Related employees at US Airways. The IAM received 1,903

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  • Press releases May 31, 2013

    Machinists Union Comes Home to Atlanta for 125th Anniversary

    “The Pit” Birthplace of the International Association of Machinists, May 5, 1888; Engine pit in old East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia R.R. Shops, Atlanta, GA. Washington, D.C., May 31, 2013 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), one of the nation’s largest industrial trade unions, will commemorate its125th birthday this week in

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  • Press releases May 28, 2013

    IAM Blasts Teamster Raid at American Airlines

    May 28, 2013–The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) today announced that it has filed with the National Mediation Board (NMB) a request for an election against the Transport Workers Union (TWU) to represent the Mechanic and Related employees at American Airlines. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers General Vice President Sito Pantoja issued the

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