UGE Negotiations Update for September 3, 2025
Your negotiating team met with United Ground Express (UGE) management in Chicago last week to continue bargaining your contract. United Ground Express (UGE) Contract Negotiations UpdateSeptember 3, 2025 Dear IAM District 141 UGE Members, Your negotiating team...
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.
United Negotiations Update for May 13, 2025
We are making steady progress on the Storekeeper contract proposals put forth by our membership. We held productive conversations on key areas such as increasing the use of 10-hour shifts—especially on midnight shifts—clarifying core work descriptions, and improving...
UGE Negotiations Update
We exchanged and discussed proposals regarding Section 4 (Hours of Service), with a focus on improving work schedules, meal periods, break times, and mandatory overtime—among other topics raised in your surveys and contract proposals.United Ground Express (UGE)...
United Airlines Negotiations Update
Our primary focus was discussing Article Four issues in the Passenger Service and Fleet contracts. Unfortunately, there continues to be a significant gap in the discussion over improving quality of life issues that are very important to our members, such as shift...
Justice Department Expected to Block JetBlue / Spirit Merger
DOJ Expected to Block JetBlue / Sprit MergerIAM141.org March 6, 2023According to two anonymous sources familiar with the matter, the Justice Department plans to file a lawsuit as early as Tuesday to prevent JetBlue's proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit...
Scholarship Contest is Now Underway!
The Scholarship Contest is Underway!IAM141.org February 27, 2023Calling all high school seniors and college and trade school students! Prepare to prove your worth in the arena of the written word by taking part in the 2023 essay competition. This year's theme is "The...
Iowa Lawmakers Seek to Bring Child Labor Back to the US
Iowa Lawmakers Seek to Bring Child Labor Back to the USIAM141.org February 23, 2023In February, labor advocates expressed their opposition to a proposed bill in Iowa that state lawmakers have introduced with support from businesses. The bill aims to relax child labor...
Scholarship Contest is Now Underway!
The Scholarship Contest is Underway!IAM141.org February 27, 2023Calling all high school seniors and college and trade school students! Prepare to prove your worth in the arena of the written word by taking part in the 2023 essay competition. This year's theme is "The...