IMPORTANT NOTICE SPECIAL ELECTION The Grand Lodge has directed Local Lodge 1932 to re-run the elec”on that took place on December 04, 2018. A new elec”on has been called and will take place on June 04, 2019 at the Local Lodge from 8am to 8pm. Therefore, only the candidates that are eligible to run for […]
LABOR SCHOLARSHIPS The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada under procedures and rules of eligibility explained in this announcement. The delegates of the 1960 IAM Grand Lodge Convention established the IAM Scholarship Fund, which is used exclusively to make possible these awards. LEARN MORE
Calling all IAM members who enjoy taking photos. The 2019 IAM Photography contest is now open, so get out your cameras or smartphones and start snapping some pics. Submit your pictures of IAM members in their workplace, union function or performing community service for a chance to win a cash prize have your photo featured […]
Real-life stories of the reasons for, and new approaches in, organizing new IAM union members. For more information, visit https://www.goiam.org/get-organized/
About 17 Machinists members from IAM District 70 in Kansas are walking the picket line in freezing weather. The civilian contractors, a bargaining unit of U.S. Air Force cockpit simulator instructors at FlightSafety Services in Wichita, were forced to go on strike after noticing an error in their contract, a costly mistake that must be […]
The Machinists Union is fighting to save more than 300 high-skilled, middle-class jobs and keep a Schneider Electric plant in Peru, Indiana open after the company recently announced plans to shut down the facility and move production to other locations, including Mexico. In a multi-level city, county and statewide push to create an economic plan […]
In an Amtrak train stalled in mountain snow, with 183 people stranded, James Lake didn’t hesitate to give a hand. James is an on-board lead service attendant for Amtrak and member of TCU Local 2508. Lake was running the Coffee Car on the Amtrak Coast Starlight route from Washington to Southern California when the […]