Approximately 2,500 members of IAM District 837 opened contract negotiations on July 6, 2022, with Boeing Defense. IAM members are spread throughout Boeing facilities in St. Charles, MO, St. Louis, and Mascoutah, IL. These highly skilled members fabricate, assemble and build some of the world’s most advanced military and passenger aircraft and missiles. The negotiating […]

“The IAM and the new members of IAM-CORE in Towson, Md., look forward to bargaining with Apple and obtaining a strong first contract that makes positive changes for Apple workers and the customers they are proud to serve,” said IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President David Sullivan.  “IAM-CORE members feel that the opportunity to collectively bargain with […]

IAM members and political activists from across the United States convened in Washington, DC this week for the 2022 IAM Legislative Conference, hearing from allies of the Machinists Union and lobbying members of Congress. “We are here this week in Washington, DC so that we can continue to help people live better lives. And we […]

  The Build Back Better Act will support working families by: Lowering health care costs Lowering child care and family care costs Investing $390 billion for the child care initiative and the universal preschool initiative. Providing $20 billion in workforce development programs. Providing $9.5 billion in public health infrastructure and workforce. Providing $3.5 billion for domestic manufacturing conversion grants to automobile […]

Announcing the 2021 IAM Toy Drive Night of Shopping at Target! IAM Local 2061, IAM Local 610, IAM Local 773, IAM District 166 and all the IAM members and families are invited to help shop for the children in the Brevard County foster care system that our Union has adopted this year. This will take […]

As a U.S. Navy veteran, I’m honored to lead the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) as we champion for measures aimed at helping make sure our nation’s military veterans are treated with respect in the workplace and beyond.  Advocacy for veterans comes natural for our union, which has such a high density […]

A tentative deal struck between Deere & Co. and the United Auto Workers union offers substantial improvements over one that workers rejected before going on strike, including larger wage increases, no new tiers to retirement benefits and a signing bonus of $8,500. The deal, which is subject to approval by union membership, suggests that John Deere backed […]

The U.S. labor board rejected Starbucks Corp.’s bid to prevent store-by-store unionization votes at several locations in the Buffalo, New York, area — dealing a preliminary victory to a labor group trying to establish the first union foothold among the coffee giant’s corporate-run U.S. stores. In a Thursday ruling, Nancy Wilson, acting National Labor Relations Board […]

McDonald’s employees are planning a one-day strike this week over the company’s handling of sexual harassment at the workplace and urging the workers to unionize. “I’m going on strike because, despite years of protests, McDonald’s still refuses to take responsibility for the countless women and teenagers who face harassment on the job at its stores […]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2021 –  The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Georgia Democratic congressional delegation, led by U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.), are working to help firefighters and facility safety technicians at Lockheed Martin in Marietta, GA, fight to save their jobs. Lockheed Martin recently announced that it plans to outsource […]