by Eric Price | Aug 25, 2020 | Front Page, GOIAM Stories, Organizing, Row 2
/// Originally posted on GOIAM.org /// While the following story describes events outside the aviation and aerospace industries, it represents a major milestone in the history of our great union, and so we want to make a record of it at IAM141.org. The strike action...
by Eric Price | Aug 21, 2020 | Airlines, Featured News, Front Page, Organizing, Row 2, Uncategorized
A Conversation With Tony Colina, President of Local 2198 in Houston The President of the biggest little old local in Texas. Hi everybody! I started my airline career in August 1996 with Continental Airlines where I worked the Reservations foreign language desk taking...
by Eric Price | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured News, GOIAM Stories, Row 2, Uncategorized
With passenger counts dropping, mail and cargo have become critical to the survival of airlines. Concerns are rising, however, about the future of mail in the US. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is an institution even older than our country. The USPS is an independent...
by Eric Price | Aug 18, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Row 2
The United States Senate officially began its Summer recess on Thursday, without reaching an agreement for another round of coronavirus relief. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the decision, as Republican and Democratic leaders remain deadlocked...
by Eric Price | Aug 17, 2020 | Featured News, Front Page, Organizing, Row 2, Uncategorized
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) recently filed an application for a representation election at the National Mediation Board (NMB) in Washington D.C. The filing comes after approximately a 10-month campaign, spearheaded by over...
by Eric Price | Aug 14, 2020 | Community Service Page, Education, Featured News, Front Page, Row 2, Uncategorized, Video
A Conversation With Will Riley, Scholarship Winner A student at the University of Houston, he is the winner of $2,000 from the Adolph Stutz Memorial Scholarship Hello Machinists & Aerospace Union Members! I’m 22 years old and from Houston, Texas. I’ve...