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 […]
Texas DHL Contractors Overcome Anti-Union Campaign, Vote IAM ‘Yes’
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 […]
NLRB rules against Target in Brooklyn union case
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 […]
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 […]
Help Brevard under-privileged kids this Christmas!
We are calling on all the local unions in the district to support the annual IAM Christmas toy drive to help under-privileged kids in Brevard County and also reach out to show the community that local unions have a special interest in helping our neighbors in need. Please contact Murray Caldwell or Steve Ching of […]
Calling all volunteers!
Save the date of Saturday, November 14 at 9:00 AM to clean out the back room at the union hall. Come with your gloves and help us haul all the old trash away and make room for new uses for this area of our district lodge!
