IAM141 MNPL Director Dave Roderick Speaks at 2019 IAMAW Legislative Conference

District Lodge 141 Legislative and MNPL Director Dave Roderick...

American Takes the Fight to the Floor

Brothers and Sisters, American Airlines has made the determination to try changing the negotiations from the bargaining table to directly bargaining in the breakrooms, on the shop floor and on the ramp. Their direct appeal to TWU and IAM members represented by the...

Helping Hands May: Drug Addiction

We focus on drug addiction this month. Drug Addiction is defined and explored on page 1. Page 2 addresses whether drug addiction can be cured or prevented. Much of the information is from the www.drugabuse.gov web site. This is a very good resource and I encourage you...

IAM National Pension Plan Executive Director Explains Zone Decision

Changes are focused on benefit subsidies, not retirees. The IAM National Pension Fund is one of the largest and best-funded retirement plans in the US, with total assets that exceed 18 billion dollars. This week, beneficiaries received some concerning news as the...

PDGC of IAM District 141 Michael Klemm Response to NPP & United

The IAMAW and IAM District 141 are separate entities than the IAM National Pension Plan (NPP), even though both bear the “IAM” acronym. For those DL 141 IAM represented employees in the NPP, a letter was sent to your homes by the NPP. If you haven’t already received...

American, AGAIN, Shows Their Unwillingness to Negotiate an Agreement – NMB Fails with its Strategy

Brothers and Sisters, The Association leadership met with American Airlines’ negotiators and Federal Mediators this week in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The Mediator’s unorthodox approach to these negotiations failed to provide adequate space for the parties to face-off in the...

United Airlines will Launch a Star Wars-Themed Aircraft This Fall

Nonstop to Chicago in Under 12 Parsecs: United Airlines will Launch a Star Wars-Themed Aircraft This Fall and Mark Hamill Thinks it’s Cool. During last week’s “Star Wars Celebration” in Chicago, United Airlines unveiled a mockup that will thrill fans of the beloved...

Governor Pritzker: “ILLINOIS WILL NEVER BE A RIGHT TO WORK STATE!”

The new law prevents Right to Work ordinances from confiscating employee resources at the city and county level. Starting immediately, workers in Illinois will no longer have their property and labor taken away from them under city-level Right to Work laws. The...

Presidential Candidate Amy Klobuchar Talks Mega Mergers Praises Union Activism

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AMY KLOBUCHAR TALKS MEGA-MERGERS, PRAISES UNION ACTIVISM Presidential Candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Mn) spoke before hundreds of Machinists Union members at its conference of railroad and airline workers. For Senator Klobuchar, the event...

Bernie Sanders to American Airlines CEO: “You Damn Well Have Enough Money to Pay Your Workers a Decent Wage.”

Bernie Sanders to American Airlines CEO: "You Damn Well Have Enough Money to Pay Your Workers a Decent Wage." In a fiery speech delivered before a packed gathering of Machinists Union leaders, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called out the CEO of American Airlines for...

2019 Women’s Conference and Shop Steward Training Update

Weekly wrap up video for April 6th. Topics this week are about the American Airlines Tower ops stewards from Dallas and Chicago and...

WATCH: IAMAW Panel American Airlines Negotiations Update

[gdlr_video url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHJRJ_bjMlk&feature=youtu.be" ] District 141 and 142 answer questions about issues our Association members are facing with American Airlines.