Visitors to Hawaii Can Skip Quarantine Thanks to United’s COVID Testing

United Airlines passengers traveling from San Francisco to Hawaii may bypass the state's quarantine requirements by taking a rapid-result COVID test from the airline. In a collaboration with the San Francisco International Airport (SFO), United customers now have the...

Mary Sansom Has Receipts: A union activist who has recorded and made history

"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 flight kitchen at...

LAST CALL FOR THE CENSUS: Stand Up and Be Counted

The US Census Bureau announced this week it will end all operations to gather data for the 2020 Census at 11:59 PM Hawaii Standard Time on Thursday, October 15, after the Supreme Court agreed to suspend an order from a lower court that extended the timeline for the...

“Vote Early, Stay Safe” Pennsylvania Machinists Get Out the Vote on the Streets of Philadelphia

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...

Supreme Court Nominee has Troubling Anti-Union Track Record

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 actually a...

Labor Movement Helping Families Impacted By Hurricane Delta

Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka after Hurricane Delta strikes Louisiana: The entire labor movement offers our heartfelt prayers to the people of Louisiana, who continue to show amazing strength in the face of too many natural disasters. Hurricane Delta...

SMX Town Hall & Informational Meetings for TA Ratification (Denver)

Informational & Town HallMeetingIAMAW Contract Negotiators will be meeting with SMX Cargo Workers to talk about the tentative contractWednesday, October 21, from 9:00 am - 5:00 pmAll IAMAW Represented Workers at SMX Cargo are invited to meet with Machinists &...

Airline Relief Update From GVP Sito Pantoja

As many of you are aware of by now, President Trump yesterday terminated negotiations with Democrats on a federal relief stimulus package, only to change course hours later to demand the House and Senate immediately approve $25 billion in new aid for the airline...

IAMAW 141 VIDEO REPORT: District Lobbyist, James Wells

141 Report: District Lobbyist James WellsJames Wells, from Local 1726 in Boston, talks about some of the legislative work being done in the New England area on behalf of airline workers. James “Jamie” Wells is a well known Machinists Union activist and organizer whose...

SMX Town Hall & Informational Meetings for TA Ratification (Houston)

Keep Up the Pressure! Airline Worker Relief on Hold, But Momentum Growing

///This post originally appeared on GOIAM.ORG We are closer than ever to save the jobs of tens of thousands of airline workers. Thanks to U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), the IAM and our airline union coalition are making huge strides toward securing airline worker...

U.S. Transportation Department Rules Masks Aren’t Mandatory on Airlines, Public Transportation

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Friday turned down a request by the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and its 33 member unions, including the IAM, for an emergency order requiring masks on airplanes, trains, and other forms of...