Former IAM Legal Fellow Deirdre Hamilton Nominated to National Mediation Board

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']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 airline industries. “We are very happy to see Ms....

Machinists Union Applauds Appointment of Celeste Drake to Head President Biden’s Made in America Office

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']WASHINGTON, April 27, 2021 — Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), released the following statement: “The IAM could not be more pleased...

141 Report: Doug Kohler, President of Air Transport Local 1885

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...

Who’s Next? JetBlue Cuts An Entire Employee Group

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3'] 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 are non-management...

IAM Birthday Week: Remembering Tom Talbot, IAM Founder, Visionary and Loyal Unionist

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']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 pit, tired of poor employment conditions, founded a...

Bill Seeks to Make Union Dues Tax Deductible

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']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 workers to do...

141 Report: Leroy Taylor and the Local 811 Pushback

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...

Presidential Statement on Workers Memorial

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']Biden has released a statement honoring those lost on the job in the past year. America’s workers are the backbone of our economy. In every state, territory, and Tribal land, they leave their homes and families and head to work —...

Remembering Fallen IAM Members

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']Worker safety is one of the most important aspects of being a union member and on Wednesday, April 28, we remember those who died too soon. The IAMAW honored 40 fallen members in its annual Workers’ Memorial Day Ceremony, held at the...

Help Pass the PRO Act

Help Pass the PRO ActThe Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act or H.B. 842 that passed the House in early March, has gained momentum in the Senate after IAM Members along with working families across the U.S. flooded Senate offices with calls to support the...

Biden’s American Rescue Plan Provides Free COBRA Coverage

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act provides 100 percent health COBRA coverage to employees and their family members. Many thanks to the Machinists & Aerospace journalists at GOIAM.org who wrote and originally published this...

Letters: Why We Passed the PRO Act

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']Congressman Marc Pocan represents Wisconsin's 2nd District, which includes the capitol of Madison. A union member himself, he is among the strongest supporters of working people in Congress, and a leading proponent of the PRO Act. The...