by ahounshell | Mar 30, 2021 | iMail
Throughout its history, the IAM has always acknowledged and respected the role of women in the labor movement, even when it was not popular opinion to do so. In fact, in 1911, nearly eight years before women were granted the right to vote by the 19th Amendment, the...
by ahounshell | Mar 25, 2021 | iMail
The Machinists Union isn’t letting a global pandemic keep from educating members and future leaders. The William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center is offering an online adaptation of their Leadership I program June 14-25 and July 12-23, 2021. The programs...
by ahounshell | Mar 25, 2021 | iMail
In a letter to House leadership, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. is urging members of the House to support the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, H.R. 1195. This bipartisan legislation introduced by...
by kiley | Mar 24, 2021 | iMail
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Rules Committee Chairwoman U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced S.1., the For the People Act—a sweeping package of comprehensive reforms that would end special-interest...
by kiley | Mar 24, 2021 | iMail
Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), released the following statement on the confirmation of Marty Walsh as U.S. Labor Secretary: “I want to congratulate Marty Walsh on...
