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 […]
Month: April 2016
Central Brevard Amateur Backyard BBQ Contest!
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 […]
Senate Stall Tactics on Ex-Im Bank Nominee are Endangering U.S. Jobs
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 […]
‘The Human Face of Outsourcing’: An IAM Members’ Daughter Tells Her Father’s Story
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 […]
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 […]
