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...

141 Report: Bill Huston and Capital Lodge 1759

Brother Bill Huston has worked in a variety of functions both below and above the wing in his 51-year career at United Airlines. He started working on the ramp in Norfolk while he was attending college and later transferred to customer service at IAD. In this 141...

Will the New Congress Make Dues Tax Deductible?

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']Four years after the income tax deduction for union dues was ripped out of the U.S. tax code, pro-worker lawmakers are fighting to bring it back and, for the first time, make it available without itemizing. Many thanks to the...

IAM Transportation Territory Files to Represent National Airlines Flight Attendants

[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']The IAM Transportation Department has filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to investigate a representation dispute among Flight Attendants at National Airlines. A group of National Airlines Flight Attendants...

First Association vs American Airlines Fleet Arbitration Case

[supsystic-social-sharing id='4']First Association vs American Airlines Fleet Arbitration Case April 20, 2021 The Association presented its first arbitration case. At issue is the Control Crew Chief work that American Airlines transitioned from Crew Chiefs to...

141 Member Spotlight: Community Service in Action

This edition of the 141 Member Spotlight features three of our District 141 Community Service leaders so we can learn about some of the important work they are doing. The video features Noelle Sakamoto from Local Lodge 1781 in Burlingame, California, Debbie Inverno...

Chris Lusk nombrado vicepresidente del Distrito 141, Oeste

Chris Lusk, Educador del Distrito 141 y Vicepresidente de la Logia Local 1781, ha sido nombrado Vicepresidente del Distrito 141, Oeste, por voto unánime de la Junta Ejecutiva del distrito. Anteriormente se desempeñó como Auditor del Distrito. Foto de Chris con su hija...

Chris Lusk Named District 141 Vice President, West

Chris Lusk, (shown here with daughter Shayla) is a District 141 Educator and Vice President of Local Lodge 1781. He has been named District 141 Vice President, West, by a unanimous vote of the district’s Executive Board. He previously served as a District Auditor. ...

Video Report: Tony Rodriguez is the UA EAP Chairman

This week on the 141 Report, we travel via zoom to Denver, Colorado for a conversation with the new District 141 United Airlines Employees Assistance Program Chairperson, Tony Rodriguez. Brother Tony takes over the position from Kathy Furgeson, who has retired. The...

Machinist History: The Founding of the IAM Civil Rights Program

IAM Family at the District 5 Labor Day outing Thirteen years after President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, IAM delegates made history at the 1976 Grand Lodge Convention in Hollywood, FL by voting for the creation of a union-wide civil rights...