Washington lawmakers recently agreed on a spending package to avoid another government shutdown. The spending package includes a 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees. It does not include back pay for more than 1 million federal contract workers, like…
More than 30 members of IAM Local 1426 in Sioux City, Iowa are out of work after their employer, Prince Hydraulics Company, permanently closed its doors Friday, January 18, 2019, without any advanced notice. The plant had been manufacturing hydraulic…
During the Christmas break, machinist member Tony Daubs received a phone call from his local lodge president Sam Daniel. “I said, ‘You're bluffing me Sam' and I hung up the phone,” remembers Daubs and laughs as he tells the story.…
Forty-two members of IAM Local 186 working as federal contractors at Aberdeen Proving Ground ratified a three-year contract with employer Jacobs Technology. The contract guarantees wage increases of 3 percent every year, improved employer contributions to health insurance, improved employer…
When natural disasters strike, the IAM Disaster Relief Fund quickly provides assistance to IAM members and families in need. Having money readily available is crucial to its effectiveness. “Our members are family and we must be prepared whenever they need…
After being presented with a last, best and final offer from FlightSafety Services Corporation (FSSC), the machinists who train pilots and maintain flight simulators for the new KC-46 at McConnell AFB in Kansas have voted to strike. The membership voted…
In a just-released Delta Workers Unite video, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich clearly explains why Delta Air Lines workers should have union representation, and why the company doesn't want one. WATCH: Robert Reich on why Delta corporate doesn't…
International President Robert Martinez Jr. has appointed Ernest “Red” Dow as Special Representative to the Western Territory. Ernest “Red” Dow initiated into the IAM on January 1, 1980 working as a Machinist at General Electric for 30 years at the…
The Machinists Union is fighting to save troubled multiemployer pension plans while fully protecting the earned and vested benefits of current and future retirees. While the IAM pension plan is financially sound, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) estimates that…
IAM Members at Local 330, District 65 in Western New York employed at Ingersoll Rand learned yesterday that the company will end manufacturing operations at its Cheektowaga plant in July. The company confirmed Wednesday it will, after originally announcing their…