United Airlines Negotiations Update

IAM District 141, United Continue Limited Issue, Expedited Talks Mike Klemm, PDGC, 04 February 2016: IAM District 141 and United Airlines continued limited issue, expedited negotiations this week in Washington DC. Both parties bargained intensely during the week and...

IAM Wins $1 Million Grant for Hazardous Material Training

Fourteen new IAM CREST Associate Instructors from Districts 141 and 142 completed a train-the-trainer program on transporting dangerous goods in the airline industry. Approximately 6,300 TCU-IAM airline and railroad workers will receive training in transporting...

District 141 Retirees

The number of retirees in the IAM doubled over the past decade and continues to grow. Excellent Retiree benefit and services programs can be found on the IAM Grand Lodge goiam.org web site. They are designed to fill Medicare gaps, provide benefits that Medicare...

Member Discounts

GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: Support the Guide Dogs of America, the IAMAW DL141 Charity of choice! Shop Here Joseph W. Jones, Sr., was refused a guide dog because of his age – he was fifty seven – but he would not accept defeat. He researched the Guide Dog Movement and with...

The Family Medical Leave Act

FMLA is a federal law sponsored by labor Unions. It protects certain workers from discipline when using time away from work to care for their own serious medical condition, or that of an immediate family member. FMLA is associated with EAP, the difference being that...

Human Rights

Wage earner rights are human rights. The problem is protecting them. Knowing your rights and belonging to a union helps. Sexual Harassment The Right To Belong To A Union The Right To Be Paid Overtime The Right Not To Be Disciplined When Injured The Right To Job...

Winning is the Beginning

The size of District 141 membership nearly doubled in 2011–2012. That’s strength in numbers. Our success arises from District 141 members themselves, thousands of whom relentlessly volunteer time and talent, and vote. Leadership at District 141 Communications comes...

What Organizers Do

Union organizers help people who work secure union representation at their worksite. A union organizer informs people (mostly nonunion workers) about their rights, identifies and develops leadership skills among workers, explains the union organizing process and helps...

What Unions Do

Unions are about a simple proposition: By joining together, working women and men gain strength in numbers so they can have a voice at work in what they care about. They negotiate a contract with their employer for things like a fair and safe workplace, better wages,...

IAM Files for Representation Election for Cargo Workers at SM Cargo

DL141 Update: April 29, 2016 The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced it petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB), the federal agency that oversees union elections in the airline and railroad industries, to conduct a...

Help Protect Airline Customer Service Representatives from Assault

When a TSA agent or law enforcement officer is assaulted at an airport, it’s a serious federal crime. And rightfully so, since we’re counting on them to keep us safe. But airline gate and ticket agents, who also have critical security functions, are not currently...

IAMAW Legislative Conference 2016

Hundreds of IAM members lobbied Congress about legislation that affects jobs in defense, railroads, manufacturing, aerospace and airlines.The group then rallied in front of the White House against the tentative approval of Norwegian Airlines. Everyone in attendance...