The 2020 Adolf Stutz Memorial Scholarship Award is Now Open for Applications!

District 141 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has announced that applications are now being accepted for The Adolph Stutz Memorial Scholarship Essay Competition. This year, $8,000 worth of scholarship money will be awarded to help...

Helping Hands April: Social Distancing, Isolation and Quarantine

EAP Peer Coordinators: This month's focus is on how to support yourself during social distancing, isolation, and quarantine. There are ideas about how to survive this extended period in which we find ourselves. The recent legislation supporting workers has been some...

Association Bulletin – Implementation Agreement Reached

March 27, 2020Implementation Agreement ReachedThe Association and American Airlines have reached an agreement covering the implementation of certain elements of the JCBAs. The following items cover pay, retirement, and certain benefits that are most important to our...

EAP Helping Hands for March: How to Prioritize Bills When You Can’t Pay Them All

Peer EAP Coordinators: Continuing our effort to anticipate the needs of our members, this special edition focuses on finances. Specifically, prioritizing how you spend money during critical situations and being able to survive a crisis. There is a list of governmental...

Vote Results: TWU-IAM Ratifies New Contracts at American Airlines!

The TWU-IAM Association today announced its American Airlines membership overwhelmingly ratified contracts covering more than 30,000 Mechanic & Related (including Maintenance Control Technicians & Maintenance Training Specialists), Fleet Service and Material...

IAMAW District 141 President Mike Klemm on the Stimulus Package: “Help is on the Way.”

Sisters and Brothers, Working almost around the clock since Monday, the leadership of the House of Representatives and the US Senate engaged in negotiations to produce a historic $2 trillion stimulus bill that provides significant relief to our nation’s health care...

Federal Aid Package to Airlines Has a Gaping Hole and Needs to Be Fixed NOW

The federal aid package presented by the Senate, which is expected to be voted on shortly contains a huge problem that could affect every airline worker in the United States. The proposed legislation currently has NO protection against opening up existing collective...

Association Update: JCBA Voter Guide

ASSOCIATION UPDATE /// March 23, 2020 As we move closer to the ratification vote for the Joint Collective Bargaining Agreements with American Airlines, we wanted to provide the members with a sample of the information that will be provided over the next few days via...

Association Update: AA Ratification Voting Will be Done Electronically

The TWU-IAM Association /// March 19, 2020 Due to worsening circumstances surrounding the Coronavirus crisis in the United States, the TWU/IAM Association leadership has determined to make a change in the voting procedures for the ratification of the tentative Joint...

March Helping Hands EAP Newsletter: Coping With Coronavirus

EAP Peer Coordinators: Coronavirus has changed everything. All Airlines have experienced a severe drop off of load factors associated with reduced flying due to governmental flying restrictions. This special edition addresses the situation by looking at how to...

IAMAW District 141 PDGC Mike Klemm Calls for Immediate Action to Save Airline Jobs

IAMAW District 141 ///// Sisters and Brothers, In recent weeks, many of you have contacted your local union representatives, Assistant General Chairpersons or me directly to express your fears of possible pay cuts, furloughs or the likelihood of your carrier going...

URGENT: Tell Congress to Save Airline Jobs

IAMAW Transportation Territory ///Dear Sisters and Brothers, In response to the unprecedented destruction of demand for air travel due to COVID-19, US airlines are considering draconian measures to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. US airlines have slashed...