The Adolph Stutz Scholarship Essay Deadline Has Been Extended

The deadline for entering the Adolph Stutz Memorial Scholarship Essay Contest has been extended to July 24th, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. District 141 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is offering six $1,000 scholarships and one...

Airplane Air is a Lot Cleaner Than the Public Thinks It Is

As the numbers of air travelers inches ever closer to pre-pandemic levels, one question keeps popping up: "Is Flying Safe?" Amid shutdowns, botched re-openings, anti-mask histrionics, and travel bans, air travel has been stuck in a perpetual holding pattern. A Harris...

Union Plus: Standing Up For Union Members

Standing Up For Union Members: Keith T.W. Anderko Explains How Union Plus Can Help Keith T.W. Anderko is the IAMAW’s Union Service Representative at Union Plus, which provides invaluable member-only benefits and discounts. Long before joining Union Plus, Keith was a...

Association Update: American Airlines Issues WARN Notice

July 10, 2020 To All TWU/IAM Association Members at American Airlines: American Airlines has informed the Association that it will be sending Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN Act notifications) to Association covered employees. This notice, which...

Comunicación de WARN de United

9 de julio de 2020 A los miembros de la IAM en United Airlines: Ayer, como lo exige la Ley de Notificación de Ajuste y Re-capacitación de Trabajadores (WARN), United Airlines informó a la IAM que 12,645 trabajadores representados por el Distrito 141 podrían ser...

Here’s How You Can Become a Certified COVID-19 Contact Tracer

Johns Hopkins University, the world’s foremost research facility in the war against COVID-19, is offering a free online course for anyone interested in training for a job as a contact tracer. A key strategy for confronting the COVID-19 pandemic has become...

WARN Act Communication from United

En Español /// To IAM members at United Airlines: Yesterday, as required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, United Airlines informed the IAM that 12,645 District 141-represented workers could be furloughed as soon as October 1, 2020. It...

Study: Right to Work Laws Create Lower Wages

A Georgia Tech study has found that so-called “right-to-work” laws lead to a decrease in worker wages, confirming what labor unions have known for decades. A study published in the Journal of Financial Economics examined more than 19,000 collective bargaining...

New NAFTA Won’t Prevent Outsourcing of Jobs

Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), issued the following statement regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) going into effect today: “USMCA won’t stop the hundreds...

This 4th, We Can Help Create a More Perfect Union

This weekend Americans proudly celebrate our independence and ability to self-govern. We must also acknowledge that not every American is able to enjoy our freedoms equally. Our country has come a long way since 1776, but there is clearly much work to be done before...

Video Report: A Conversation With Russ Gittlen from Guide Dogs of America

A Conversation with Russ Gittlen from Guide Dogs of AmericaRuss Gittlen joined the IAM as a UPS mechanic and has been an active member for nearly three decades. He became a shop steward at UPS in 1990 and was appointed Business Representative in Lodge 447 in...

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Extend Airline Payroll Funding Program and Help Prevent Furloughs this Fall

The IAM is among several labor unions urging Congress to extend a provision of the CARES Act coronavirus relief law as an effort to thwart airline executives threatening to lay-off several workers in the fall. The IAM signed a letter asking the federal lawmakers to...