Domestic Abuse Awareness Day: Standing Together in Strength
Domestic Abuse Awareness Day: Standing Together in StrengthChicago, October 4th, 2023 - Machinists Union Local Lodge 1487 hosted a poignant Domestic Abuse Awareness Day event today, drawing a full house with standing room only. The event aimed to shed light on the...
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.
IAM, United Negotiations Continue in Chicago
IAM, United Negotiations Continue in Chicago 29 April 2022 Your IAM District 141 Negotiations Committee and United Airlines management representatives continued negotiations this week for over 25,000 workers covered by seven different contracts. Negotiations...
Justice at JetBlue: Union Organizing is a Federal Right
UNIONIZING IS A FEDERAL RIGHT; NO NEED TO BE AFRAIDJustice at JetBlue28 April 2022The right to organize and join a union are fundamental employment rights under federal labor laws. JetBlue management is prohibited under federal law from ever knowing who signed an...
Union Members (And Only Union Members) Have Merger Protections
Union Members (And Only Union Members) Have Legally-Binding Merger ProtectionsJustice at JetBlue21 April 2022The benefits of a Union Contract: legal protections in the event of a merger.JetBlue’s bid to acquire and merge with Spirit Airlines comes with many questions...
Lufthansa Workers in Puerto Rico Vote to Join the Machinists Union
Lufthansa Technik Workers in Puerto Rico Vote to Join the Machinists UnionGoIAM.orgOrganizingWASHINGTON, May 5, 2022 –More than 200 mechanics and related who work in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, at Lufthansa Technik, Puerto Rico, LLC. voted to join the International...
Machinists Union Recaptures $3.7 Million for Airline Workers
Machinists Union Recaptures $3.7 Million for Airline WorkersIAMAW District 14111 May 2022Recapturing back pay for unionized airline workers was the centerpiece of its grievance activity in the first quarter of 2022, according to a recent Grievance Activity Report...
IAM, United Negotiations Continue in Chicago
IAM, United Negotiations Continue in Chicago 29 April 2022 Your IAM District 141 Negotiations Committee and United Airlines management representatives continued negotiations this week for over 25,000 workers covered by seven different contracts. Negotiations...
141 Final Report: Union vs non-Union
141 Final Report: Union vs Non-Union YouTube15 April 2022 141 Report | Join us on the 141 Report this week as host Dave Lehive talks to Local 2508 Orlando United Airlines Committee Chair Gene Betty and Committee person Diego Veron in his final district interview. The...