by ahounshell | Mar 4, 2021 | iMail
The IAM is calling on the Biden administration to reinstate critical job security protections for Service Contract Act (SCA) workers, many of whom work at military bases across the country. Service Contract workers are private sector employees who work under federal...
by ahounshell | Mar 4, 2021 | iMail
Facing routine discrimination, women workers in the U.S. proved detractors wrong in the 1940s as they competently filled vacant jobs that were left open as millions of men left to fight in WWII. Female labor participation during this time was highlighted by Rosie the...
by ahounshell | Mar 4, 2021 | iMail
Bobbye Jo Martinez, loving mother of IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr., passed away on March 1, 2021. She was with her sons and continues to be surrounded by the love, prayer and well wishes from family and friends. Bobbye Jo was a Christian and a...
by ahounshell | Mar 4, 2021 | iMail
Last week, 14 Hospice Chaplains from the CHI Franciscan Hospice Care Center in University Place, WA voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM, becoming the first group of Chaplains to be organized by the IAM. Hospice Chaplains, who provide counseling and emotional and...
by ahounshell | Mar 3, 2021 | iMail
More than 140 members of IAM Local 2439 voted to ratify a new contract on Saturday with TCC Pennwest Homes. The three-year agreement netted economic and non-economic gains in many areas for the members who produce modular homes at the Emlenton, PA facility. The new...
by ahounshell | Mar 3, 2021 | iMail
The IAM is urging Senators to vote “yes” on a desperately-needed relief package that would help IAM members and all working people recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Rescue Plan has passed the House and the Senate is expected to vote this week. Please...
by ahounshell | Mar 3, 2021 | iMail
Newly-formed IAM District 2020 held its inaugural convention last weekend in Virginia Beach, VA with International President Robert Martinez Jr, General Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes and Southern Territory General Vice President Rickey Wallace in attendance....
by ahounshell | Mar 2, 2021 | iMail
President Joe Biden is backing up his campaign promise of being a pro-union president by supporting worker’s efforts to form a union at the Bessemer, AL Amazon facility. Biden released a video stating that every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a...
by ahounshell | Feb 25, 2021 | iMail
104 IAM members from DynCorp, who perform aircraft maintenance on the CLS Transport Program for the government, this week overwhelmingly voted to ratify a fifty-month master agreement. The contract provides many improvements including wage increases, caps on medical...
by ahounshell | Feb 25, 2021 | iMail
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. sent a letter to members of the House requesting their support for the American Rescue Plan recovery package and opposition to any anti-worker amendments to the bill. The American Rescue Plan will provide much-needed...