by Eric Price | May 10, 2021 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized
Former IAM Legal Fellow Deirdre Hamilton Nominated to National Mediation Board President Biden has appointed longtime labor lawyer and former IAM Legal Fellow Deirdre Hamilton to the National Mediation Board (NMB). The NMB helps smooth out disputes in the rail and...
by Eric Price | May 7, 2021 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Page Five, Page Three, Perusals, Row 2, Video
A 24-year veteran at United Airlines, Brother Doug Kohler began his career in Eugene, Oregon before he transferred to PDX in 2000. Doug was a strong supporter of the organizing effort for Customer Service agents at the airline in 1999, and he credits the IAM with the...
by Eric Price | May 5, 2021 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Mail Only, Page Four, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2
Who’s Next? JetBlue Cuts An Entire Employee Group JetBlue announced plans to eliminate all Lead Crewmember jobs from Airport Ground Operations at the airline. The changes are scheduled to take effect this holiday season, on New Year’s Day. “Lead” agents at airlines...
by Eric Price | May 4, 2021 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, Page Five, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2
IAM Birthday Week: Remembering Tom Talbot, IAM Founder, Visionary and Loyal Unionist On May 5th 1888, Thomas W. Talbot organized what we now call the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). On that day, 19 railroad workers in a locomotive...
by Eric Price | May 2, 2021 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2
Bill Seeks to Make Union Dues Tax Deductible The 2019 tax season was the first time union members could no longer deduct the cost of items such as tools, uniforms, subscriptions to trade journals, and many other items besides union dues that are often necessary for...
by Eric Price | Apr 30, 2021 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Video
An early supporter of unionization, Brother Leroy was a Shop Steward during the merger of United and Continental and is grateful and proud to be a member of the IAM. Driven by his desire to learn more about the union movement, he became active in Local 811 (he tells...
