A Behind the Scenes Look at Union Boot Camp

The Machinists Union is gearing up. Negotiations between the nation’s largest and most powerful companies and their employee unions are never easy. In these high-stakes contests, front-line workers face off against an army of lobbyists, lawyers, and executive...

Solidarity Wins the Day

Unions Worked Overtime During the Government Shutdown After the longest and most painful government shutdown in US history, Federal employees finally received a paycheck on January 31, 2019. Thanks to the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, they received back pay...

Helping Hands February: Heart Health

Because of Valentines Day - we are focusing on heart health. Healthy heart factors and risk factors are addressed. Let's start some discussions around how your heart health can affect your mental health also. Our physical health has a big effect on our mental health....

IAM141 Educators Visit LAX and SFO for Shop Steward Training

Association Negotiations Update

American Struggles To Say Yes Throughout this week, the Association Executive Negotiating Committee members continued to present reasonable proposals in an effort to reach a JCBA. While some conversations discussed across the bargaining table seemed to reach “supposal...

CHICAGO GETS COLDER THAN ANTARCTICA

The brutal Arctic blast striking the United States this week is making life a living hell for airport workers around the nation, including thousands working in Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway. Here are a few fast facts about the approaching Atomic Arctic Blast. Fact...

Union Members at American Airlines Will Keep Their Benefits While They Train to Become Pilots

Baggage handlers who attend flight academy can keep their flight benefits and health insurance. An agreement between two unions and the airline seals the deal. There aren't enough pilots for the nation's airlines. As the numbers of highly trained pilots take a...

IAM141 Local Lodge 1776 Conducts Shop Steward Training

2019 IAM Photography Contest

This is the official announcement of the 2019 IAM Photography Contest. It is open to all IAM members in good standing. Entries should catch IAM members at work in unposed photos. Winning entries will win a cash prize and will appear in the 2020 IAM Calendar. Two...

MLK Was a Union Man

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is recognized around the world as a leader of civil rights. What many people don’t know is that he had strong ties to the American labor movement. When Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, he was...

Association Negotiations Update

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU/IAM Association Executive Negotiating Committee this week met in full session with American Airlines under the auspices of National Mediation Board Mediators, Jim Mackenzie and Eva Durham, in San Francisco, CA. In addition to the...