by Eric Price | Oct 26, 2020 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, MNPL, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized, Video
United Technologies in California In July of 2018, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) informed IAM Local 755 they were going to lay off approximately 300 members from their Chula Vista, CA facility. IAM members have been making aerospace components at that location...
by Eric Price | Oct 23, 2020 | Community Service Page, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Perusals, Row 2, Video
MNPL Action: Lawmakers Sit Down With Machinist & Aerospace Union Members to Talk About Airline Relief IAM District 141 members in Pennsylvania organized meetings via Zoom last week with two members of Congress: Representative Chrissy Houlihan from the 6th...
by Eric Price | Oct 16, 2020 | Community Service, Community Service Page, Education, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, retirement, Row 2, Safety, Video
“Shut ‘Em Down!” Mary Sansom has fought for airline workers for decades, taking on managers, politicians, and even retirement on the way. Sister Mary Sansom was initiated into Local 1833 of the Machinists Union in 1973 when she began working in the...
by Eric Price | Oct 14, 2020 | COVID, Education, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Video
A small army of Fighting Machinists took to the streets of Philadelphia this week to encourage union members to get out and vote. In-person early voting is underway in Pennsylvania, and members of IAM Air Transport Local 1776 left voting information on the doors of...
by Eric Price | Oct 14, 2020 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, MNPL, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized, Video
The IAM Legal department is raising concerns about Amy Coney Barrett’s anti-labor record as a federal circuit judge. “As a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School, I know Amy Coney Barrett very well. Her positions and her approach to the law are...
by Eric Price | Oct 3, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized, Video
Watch as Rep. Peter DeFazio gets visibly angry when efforts to help reverse mass airline furloughs are killed. After Republican leadership in the House of Representatives blocked a motion to pass legislation to provide emergency relief for airline workers, a clearly...
