https://goo.gl/4m97JC Please post the URL listed above into your browser to download the one minute, 26 second video, which is too large to embed on this website. Hillary Clinton talks about how Donald Trump personally hired a union-busting firm to stop organizing at his Las Vegas hotel. She talks about her opposition to union-killing right […]

IAM members show their support for striking Verizon workers in Charleston, SC. Nearly 40,000 Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) members at Verizon will be returning to work Wednesday after a tentative agreement was reached with the telecommunications giant, ending a seven-week strike. The new contract includes 1,400 new […]

Join us at the Tucker & Merrick Memorial Golf Tournament to raise money for the IAM Kids Christmas Fund! When: May 14, 2016 Where: Sherwood Golf Course Time: Shotgun start 8:00 AM Best Ball Scramble Cost: $17.00 per player. Pay at the course. 50/50 Drawing and Donations BBQ at Mike Polchlopek’s house afterwards 1005 of […]

Join us for the Central Brevard Amateur Backyard BBQ Contest on Saturday, April 30, 2016 to benefit the Central Brevard Sharing Center’s Weekend Feeding Program! Location: F. Burton Smith Park, Cocoa, Florida. Cost: $15.00 Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Rain or Shine! Need more information? Call 321-631-0306. Central Brevard Sharing CenterPO Box 3363Cocoa, FL […]

Ideological opposition to the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, an independent federal agency that issues loans to foreign buyers purchasing U.S.-built products, is costing U.S. companies $50 million a day. Despite the prodding of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has said he won’t allow the Senate Banking Committee he chairs to confirm […]

Former Henrietta, NY IAM Local 2312 President Pete Thomas will be retiring with a union pension when Getinge outsources its factory jobs to Poland, but he sees his younger coworkers scrambling to find decent jobs as a result. A recent editorial about her father by Maria Thomas-Fisher in the (Rochester, NY) Democrat & Chronicle provides […]

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) […]

(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 […]

            The IAM Automotive Department added another 22 members to their ranks when warehouse workers in Laredo, TX voted nearly 4 to 1 for IAM representation. This marks another victory for Automotive, which is among the fastest growing departments in the IAM. The workforce, consisting of forklift operators, warehouse data […]

The NLRB rejected the retailer’s request to nullify a vote by pharmacy workers to unionize at one store in Brooklyn.       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 […]