Machinists Union Raises $100K for Southern Maryland Veterans Home

Machinists Union Raises $100K for Southern Maryland Veterans Home

Dozens of Machinist members gathered in Maryland for an annual IAM-sponsored charity golf tournament. This year’s fundraising recipient is the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home which is located about 30 minutes from the IAM Grand Lodge in Maryland. The IAM’s commitment to...

Machinists Union Advocacy Grows Bipartisan Support for F-35 Program

Machinists Union Advocacy Grows Bipartisan Support for F-35 Program

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']The IAM’s advocacy on Capitol Hill is paying dividends with growing bipartisan support for the F-35 program, which is proudly built by Machinists Union members. As Congress begins consideration of their Fiscal Year 2022 defense...

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

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

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...

Bill Seeks to Make Union Dues Tax Deductible

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

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

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

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 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...