International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
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36th Grand Lodge Convention International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers |
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Key Facts About the IAM International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) http://www.goiam.org The IAM; the Machinists Union or the IAMAW are accepted, proper names for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO/CLC. Current Membership Nearly 400,000 active and 700,000 active and retired members in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam. Affiliations : The IAM is affiliated with the AFL-CIO (13 million members); Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) (2.2 million members); Railway Labor Executives’ Association; International Labor Organization; International Metalworkers Federation (12.6 million workers in 68 nations); International Transport Workers’ Federation ( 50 million workers, 81 nations). Industries Represented : The IAM is active in more than 200 basic industries as defined by the US Department of Labor. It maintains one or more agreements with almost every major employer in the USA and Canada. As the largest airline union in North America, the IAM represents nearly 120,000 Transportation workers in the United States and Canada. The IAM is also heavily concentrated in: Aerospace, Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Electronics. Organizational Structure : IAM represented workers belong to one of 1,205 Local Lodges, which typically represent employees at one or more companies. The Local Lodges are affiliated with one of 73 IAM District Lodges, which typically represent a larger geographic territory. IAM headquarters, also known as the Grand Lodge, coordinates and supports the activities of the district and local lodges. Elections and governance : All IAM officers, from the Local Lodges through the International President, are nominated in open union meetings and elected through direct, secret ballot votes of the membership. Every four years, local lodge members elect delegates to the IAM Grand Lodge Convention. The delegates are the ultimate authority within the IAM, debating and enacting binding policy resolutions and amendments to the IAM Constitution.
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