by Eric Price | Jul 8, 2020 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, MNPL, Row 2
A Georgia Tech study has found that so-called “right-to-work” laws lead to a decrease in worker wages, confirming what labor unions have known for decades. A study published in the Journal of Financial Economics examined more than 19,000 collective bargaining...
by Eric Price | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, MNPL, Row 2
Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), issued the following statement regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) going into effect today: “USMCA won’t stop the hundreds...
by Eric Price | Jul 2, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Front Page, MNPL, Row 2, Uncategorized
The IAM is among several labor unions urging Congress to extend a provision of the CARES Act coronavirus relief law as an effort to thwart airline executives threatening to lay-off several workers in the fall. The IAM signed a letter asking the federal lawmakers to...
by Eric Price | Jul 1, 2020 | Community Service, Community Service Page, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Row 2
Members of IAM Local 1932 organize and host a food distribution event at their local lodge in Hawthorne, California Joe Martinez, Community Services Representative led the collaboration between Local 1932, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (LA Fed)...
by Eric Price | Jun 27, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, Home, MNPL, Row 2
Three months ago I wrote to the membership stating we were about to face a situation unparalleled in our lifetime due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that nobody could accurately predict what would come next. The picture is now starting to get clearer, and it is not...
by Eric Price | Jun 25, 2020 | COVID, Front Page, Home, MNPL, Organizing, Row 2, Uncategorized
As IAM members continue to bravely confront the coronavirus crisis, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr., remotely attended IAM District 751’s 2020 Membership Conference. With the theme of “Winning the Vote! Centennial of Women Winning the Right to Vote and...
