IAM141 Education, Investing in our Leadership

The IAM maintains the only fully-functioning year-round Union Educational...

Helping Hands: Securing Financial Accounts and Tips for Safe Shopping On-line

Helping Hands: August 2018 Download This month we focus on securing financial accounts and some tips for safe shopping online. There are some excellent tips for readers. It his with a sorrowful heart that I must inform those of you who don't already know that...

Heavy Hearts at the Passing of Richard Pascarella

Dear Brothers and Sisters of District 141, Our hearts are heavy today as we share the sad news of the passing of Assistant General Chair and our friend and Brother Richard Pascarella. He died suddenly on Saturday in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Brother...

American Airlines Presents Insulting Scope Proposal, AGAIN!

Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines on July 24th in Washington, D.C. to continue the discussion about comprehensive Scope proposals. During this session, it became very obvious to your committee that the...

2018 LAP EAP Conference

American Airlines Fails to Honor Their Word

Brothers and Sisters, As was reported earlier, the Association Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines June 25th through June 27th in Washington, DC. During those meetings, your committee and the company made some progress in Scope discussions and...

Tentative Agreement overwhelmingly passed between the IAM and Flagship Facility Services, Inc.

The Tentative Agreement between the IAM and Flagship Facility Services, Inc. was overwhelmingly passed by IAM members with 90% of votes in favor. With the new TA in place members will see wage increases, enhanced benefits, and pension contributions from Flagship. The...

Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Has History of Opposing Unions

President Trump’s appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, if confirmed by the Senate, could cement the court’s pro-business tilt for decades to come. This appointment has the potential to affect every one of us in a labor union. Labor unions have...

July 4th, Happy Birthday America!

Janus Case Decision: How it Will Affect the IAM and Transportation Workers

June 27, 2018 the Supreme Court ruled on Janus v. AFSCME (American Federation of State, Country and Municipal Employees) case. This is the case which was brought to the Supreme Court to decide if it is unconstitutional for public-sector employees to have to pay union...

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IAM and Flagship Facility Services Reach Tentative Agreement

Negotiations yield wage increases, enhanced benefits, pension contributions Forty-one members of Local 1781 of the IAM representing employees of Flagship Facility Services, Inc. at SFO will vote on a tentative agreement reached by negotiators and the company and...