Video Report: A Conversation With Workers’ Compensation Attorney, Kathleen Grace Walsh

Attorney and Workers' Rights Expert, Kathleen Grace WalshAn Important Conversation about Workers' Compensation Kathleen Grace Walsh is a Virginia attorney whose practice specialties encompass Virginia Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability. She is known...

Association EAP Contacts

Sisters and Brothers, This year has been an emotional rollercoaster and stressful year for all of us. We have experienced periods of high stress coupled with periods of good news. Contentious contract talks, ratified contract, COVID 19, CARES Act passes, pandemic...

Philadelphia Remembers IAMAW Brother, Mike Byrd

Philadelphia Remembers Mike ByrdAM Local 1776 American Airlines members say goodbye to our departed brother, Mike Byrd.Crowds of co-workers gathered on Thursday afternoon to say goodby to longtime union member and friend, Mike Byrd.Escorted by his parents, Mike was...

Association Responds to American Airlines’ WARN Act Notice

To: TWU/IAM Membership From: TWU/IAM Staff Date: 7.16.2020 RE: WARN Letter This is an informational note to address the fact that American Airlines has issued WARN letters to members of the Association. Let’s start by talking about what a WARN letter is. The...

San Francisco Local Union Activists Offer Education, Preparations for This Fall

SFO Local 1781 and 1782 Conduct 3 Days of Briefings to Help Members Prepare Chris Lusk, IAM District 141 Educator and Vice President of 1781, briefs the membership about efforts their local is taking to prepare for the potential of large-scale labor that major...

American Airlines to Offer Revised Leaves of Absence and Voluntary Early Outs

July 15, 2020 American Airlines will announce today that they are offering ‘enhanced’ Leaves of Absence and Early Outs to Association members. Association leadership discussed these revised offers and made several suggestions that would make them more attractive to...

Machinists and Aerospace Workers Call for Clean Extension of Airline Payroll Support Program

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Over the last four months, we have experienced the devastating effects of COVID-19. Many of us have lost family and friends, and just about all of us know someone whose life was cut short due to this vicious virus. In addition to the human...

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...