IAM District 70 members at Spirit AeroSystems will receive a profit sharing payout significantly higher than previous years thanks to forward-looking negotiations and company earnings that exceeded expectations. The payout will occur on February 26, 2015 and covers 7,324 hourly employees in Wichita, KS; Chanute, KS and Kinston, NC. The average employee in the Wichita […]
West Virginia Machinists ‘Thinking Outside the Locomotive’
When CSX Railroad served notice to outsource the rebuilding of hundreds of locomotives, IAM Local 104 members in Hungtington, WV, where CSX is one of the largest employers, knew they had to do something to save these jobs. A new Machinists News Network video, “Thinking Outside the Locomotive,” chronicles how the Machinists Union and CSX […]
New Local Lodge President, E-board Members, Delegates Elected
Local Lodge 610 has a new president and other new members on the executive board! Steve Mosley was elected president on December 17, and took his new position along with other members on the executive board and delegates who were uncontested. New elected positions are: Secretary-Treasurer Tony Dickson Recording Secretary Don Pierce (formerly Secretary-Treasurer) Trustee […]
Pentagon funnels billions to foreign factories ignoring Buy American laws
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) is hopping mad and for good reason. The former co-chair of the Congressional Buy American Caucus is accusing the Pentagon of ignoring Buy American laws, procuring goods overseas when they are available domestically, and sacrificing good-paying American jobs by opting for supposedly cheaper imports. Senator Murphy says that the Pentagon is […]
IAM Takes First Place For Organizing Wins
The IAM had the highest representation election win rate among the 10 largest U.S. unions in the first six months of 2014, winning over 90 percent of its elections, according to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) data analyzed by the Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs. AFL-CIO affiliate unions as a whole won two-thirds of elections […]
Labor Rallies to #StopFastTrack
The #StopFastTrack Week of Action is in full swing as labor and other trade advocacy organizations across the country rally to stop Congress from passing “Fast Track Trade Authority,” legislation that would allow for the swift passage of the highly-flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Thousands of protesters took to the streets with door-to-door canvassing […]