Apple Store Workers Win Historic Vote to Join the Machinists
Apple Store Workers Win Historic Vote to Join the MachinistsGoIAM.org21 June 2022TOWSON, Md., June 18, 2022 – Over 100 Apple store employees in Towson, Md., who recently organized into the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (CORE), have overwhelmingly voted to...
The Machinists Union held its Grand Lodge Convention in Las Vegas this week. This year, District 141 was recognized with a special award for its efforts at union organizing. District President, Mike Klemm, was specifically honored for his pioneering efforts in growing the Union, which is expected to add more than ten thousand new union members over the next few years.
Video Report: A Conversation With IAM141 Education Director, Mac McGovern
Video Report: A Conversation with Education Director, Mac McGovern.Today's guest is IAMAW District 141 Education Director, Mac McGovern. A staunch union supporter, Mac's journey began years ago, after graduating from High School in 1978. While pursuing a career as a...
IP Martinez Addresses Racial Justice, Voting Rights and COVID-19
As IAM members continue to bravely confront the coronavirus crisis, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr., remotely attended IAM District 751’s 2020 Membership Conference. With the theme of “Winning the Vote! Centennial of Women Winning the Right to Vote and...
Texas and California Governors’ Warning: Wear Your Masks or Risk Another Full Shutdown
Image via Pinterest The governors of California and Texas, two big states with major airline hubs in them, say residents need to start wearing masks and taking COVID-19 seriously, or the states might be forced to shut back down. Pre-pandemic, an estimated 143.6...
United Adds Nearly 150 New Flights to Winter Schedule
[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']United Airlines, the largest employer of Machinists and Aerospace Union Members in District 141, is adding nearly 150 flights to its winter schedule. As demand for travel continues to build, United Airlines is expecting the resurgence...
IAM members at Spirit beat the heat with lump sum payments
[supsystic-social-sharing id='4'] IAM members at Spirit beat the heat with lump-sum payments Brothers and Sisters, District 141 members at Spirit Airlines will receive a bonus paycheck after we signed a Letter of Agreement with the carrier this week. The...
Have a Joyous Juneteenth!
[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']A Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance, 2021 On June 19, 1865 — nearly nine decades after our Nation’s founding, and more than 2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — enslaved Americans...
Machinists & Aerospace Union Endorses the INVEST in America Act
[supsystic-social-sharing id='3']The IAM, along with a coalition of rail labor organizations, recently wrote a letter to House leadership expressing strong support for the INVEST in America Act. Many thanks to the Machinists & Aerospace journalists at the IAMAW...