The Unionbootpro website (www.theunionbootpro.com) has made it possible for our Machinists Union to get a 27% discount on American-made/Union-made steel-toed work boots! Here are the details: Lifetime Union Member Discount Value: 27% OFF* Local: IAM 610 Union Discount Code: Am0610mD ———————————————————————————————————– “There’s a simple solution – Buying American. Employs Americans.” ———————————————————————————————————– How The Discount Works: […]
Urgent: Tell Your Senators to Vote YES on the Customer Service Agent Assault Amendment
Our sources on Capitol Hill tell us the Senate will be voting TODAY on an amendment toughening penalties on assault against Airport Customer Service Agents. We need our IAM members to call their senators immediately and tell them to vote YES to an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill offered by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) […]
United Airlines, machinists union reach deal on new contracts
(Reuters) – United Airlines and the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) reached tentative agreements on new contracts for nearly 30,000 IAM-represented employees. The seven agreements, which run through 2021, call for nearly 30 percent in pay increases over the term of the deal and $100 million in lump sum payments, the IAM […]
IAM to Boeing: Stop Using Taxpayer Money to Move Aerospace Jobs Out of Washington State
IAM District 751 President Jon Holden speaks at a press conference in favor of a bill that would require Boeing to maintain jobs in Washington state after receiving an $8.7 billion tax break. The IAM and District 751 are urging Washington state legislators to pass a bill requiring the Boeing Co. keep its promise to […]
NLRB rules against Target in Brooklyn union case
Target headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. Organized labor’s first victory at Target Corp. — a pro-union vote by pharmacy workers in New York — will stand as federal regulators this week rejected the company’s petition to nullify the election. In September, pharmacy workers at a Target in Brooklyn voted 7-2 to join the United Food and […]
Georgia Workers Say ‘No’ to Company Intimidation, ‘Yes’ to IAM Representation
Workers at Office Remedies in Atlanta overcame a brutal anti-union campaign to vote for IAM representation. IAM District 131 in Georgia has seen lots of organizing action in recent months. First, new organizer Billy Barnwell organized over 100 new members at Local 2789 in Grovetown, GA on an internal organizing campaign at John Deere. It […]
Clinton Stands With Boeing South Carolina Workers
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appears at a rally at an International Longshoreman’s union hall in Charleston, SC. South Carolina Boeing workers are used to politicians butting in to say they shouldn’t have the right to organize for fair pay, benefits and working conditions. The IAM’s organizing campaign at the Charleston Boeing facility has become […]