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

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

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

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

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 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...

Local 1932 Distributes Food, Gives Hope to Los Angeles

Local 1932 Distributes Food, Gives Hope to Los Angeles

Members of IAM Local 1932 organize and host a food distribution event at their local lodge in Hawthorne, California    Joe Martinez, Community Services Representative led the collaboration between Local 1932, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (LA Fed)...

Voluntary Separation Program (VSP2)

Voluntary Separation Program (VSP2)

June 30, 2020 Brothers and Sisters at United Airlines,Hopefully, you have all seen the latest Voluntary Separation Program 2 (VSP 2) that United Airlines has offered. As we all try to navigate through these very tumultuous times together, I know we all wish there...

Airline Labor Seeks Payroll Support Program Extension

Airline Labor Seeks Payroll Support Program Extension

Three months ago I wrote to the membership stating we were about to face a situation unparalleled in our lifetime due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that nobody could accurately predict what would come next. The picture is now starting to get clearer, and it is not...