May 23, 2019 | Departments, Featured, Home, MNPL, Video
Members of Local Lodge 1487 in Chicago, IL celebrated their annual Bowling Night to benefit Guide Dogs of America. In addition to benefiting the IAM’s preferred charity, several prizes were awarded in a raffle to benefit the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League. Sam Gonzalez, Trustee, invites all members to participate in the fellowship that these events provide. The next event will be a Golf Outing scheduled for August 15th. Find out more information at www.iamlocal1487.org
May 9, 2019 | Departments, Featured, Home, MNPL, Video
District Lodge 141 Legislative and MNPL Director Dave Roderick gives a summary of activities at the 2019 IAMAW Legislative Conference that took place on May 6th through May 8th in Washington, DC. Delegates heard from elected officials and candidates for president and also visited the offices of their representatives to talk about issues that are important to Machinists Union members. The implementation of the FAA Re-Authorization Act of 2018, protection of the rights of workers to organize, repeal of “right to work” laws and restoring pay to federal contractors who were furloughed during the government shutdown were among the top issues that were discussed with lawmakers.
Apr 8, 2019 | Departments, Education, Home, Video
Weekly wrap up video for April 6th. Topics this week are about the American Airlines Tower ops stewards from Dallas and Chicago and Coverage from the 2019 Women’s Conference from Las Vegas Nevada.
Mar 25, 2019 | Airlines, American, Departments, Education, Hawaiian, Home, Philippine, Spirit, United, Video
Educators from District 141 held a Shop Steward training session for members of Local 2319 in Tampa, Florida this week. District 141 AGCs Robert Jesel and Tony Gibson joined educators Vinny Capitani, Andrea Myers, Deena Pena and Education Director Mac McGovern. Click on the video for TPA Remote Reservations Shop Steward Marcy Jones’ views on how the training provided building blocks to increase our power in the union.
