Announcing the New IAM Group Medicare Plan

///This post originally appeared on GOIAM.ORG The IAM has worked for months to negotiate a new Group Medicare plan for Medicare-eligible retirees, spouses, surviving spouses and Medicare-eligible dependents. We are excited to announce a new partnership with Employee...

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October EAP Helping Hands Newsletter: Isolation

EAP Peer Coordinators, As the covid virus continues to affect all of us, we are starting to see the effects of isolation. Mental Health and substance abuse issues are beginning to surface in numbers we have not seen before. There are resources to help - and we can...

Watch This: Rep. DeFazio Calls Out Lawmakers Killing Airline Payroll Support

Watch as Rep. Peter DeFazio gets visibly angry when efforts to help reverse mass airline furloughs are killed.After Republican leadership in the House of Representatives blocked a motion to pass legislation to provide emergency relief for airline workers, a clearly...

Video Report: Obie and Rich, the Spirit of 1776

This week’s 141 Video Report features C.A. “Obie” O’Brien, President of the Pennsylvania State Council of Machinists, and VP Rich HowellBrother O’Brien is a legendary figure in the Machinists Union, whose activism during his 56-year career has inspired countless...

We’re Still Fighting: As Aid Talks Stall, Machinists Continue Calls for Immediate Airline Aid Extension

IAMAW Transportation Territory /// The IAM is urging an immediate, standalone extension of expired airline worker relief, known as the Payroll Support Program (PSP). Tens of thousands of airline workers were furloughed at midnight on Thursday, October 1 after Congress...

Last Clock Video Goes Viral As Airline Job Cuts Begin

/// Click Here to see video on Facebook /// A “last clock” video posted on Tuesday to TikTok and Facebook by a United Airlines Customer Service Agent is drawing attention to the thousands of airline employees who are losing their jobs due to congressional...

Updated HEROES Act Introduced as Time Runs Out for Airline Workers

Texas Senator Cornyn’s Support Boosts Chances for Passage in the Senate On Monday evening, House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced a revised version of the HEROES Act, which includes $25 billion in funding for airline workers and another $3 billion for...

Rep. Mucarsel-Powell Discusses the Urgent Need to Enact the New Heroes Act

The House passes an airline relief bill as the industry begins most massive job losses in history. More than 36,000 airline workers will lose their jobs if the House and Senate do not extend payroll support before October 1. After long months of summer vacations,...

IAM Pushes for Airline Worker Relief on Capitol Hill

Outside the U.S. Capitol, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. joined other labor leaders, airline executives, and politicians to call for an extension of the airline Payroll Support Program (PSP) which offers emergency funding to airline workers that have...

DL141 Video Report: Ines Garcia-Keim, President of the NJ State Council of Machinists Blazes the Path for More Women Leaders in the IAM

141 Report: New Jersey State Council of Machinists President, Ines Garcia-KeimNew Jersey State Council's First Woman President Discusses the Importance of Regular Communication With Lawmakers, her career and why unions are still relevant. Like many airline workers,...

Do it Again – All Airline Workers Contact Your Lawmakers: Furloughs Start In Less Than a Week

With the airline Paycheck Support Program (PSP) contained in the CARES Act set to expire next Wednesday, September 30, we are urging all members to continue imploring Congress to pass a clean extension of the PSP through March 2021. Adding to the urgency is the...