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Washington, D.C., June 25, 2008 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and its affiliate, the Transportation Communications Union (TCU) today voted “present” in the highly unusual balloting among AFL-CIO union leaders to endorse a candidate for President of the United States. “Blue-collar Democrats are born skeptics,” said IAM International President Tom
Read moreWashington, D.C., June 12, 2008 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today released results of a poll that found Latino voters would reward any presidential candidate who promoted vocational and technical education programs as part of their campaign. The survey, conducted for the Machinists by The Mellman Group, surveyed 1,200 likely
Read moreFebruary 28, 2008, Washington, D.C. – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced today that they have reached three tentative agreements with aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corporation that cover nearly 6,000 Machinists at eight Lockheed facilities throughout the country. The three-year accords secure the best pay package in the history of IAM-Lockheed
Read moreWashington, D.C., February 28, 2008 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is urging all union members to take a second look at Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) position on the North American Free Trade Ageement (NAFTA), following news reports he assured Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. that his opposition to NAFTA was
Read moreWashington, D.C., January 18, 2008 – A tentative agreement on new contract terms was reached today between Amtrak and union coalitions comprised of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the Teamsters Union (BMWED), the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS), the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers (SEIU), the American Train Dispatchers Association
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