Support the IAM Voting Rights Campaign for Airline and Railroad Workers

The National Mediation Board (NMB) has proposed an historic change to the rules governing union representation elections for airline and railroad workers. It is very important to understand what this change means and how it can affect you.

Cost, Not Safety, Drives Aircraft Repair Decisions

“Since 9/11, physical security at U.S. airports has been tightened and airline employees have been required to pass stringent background checks,” said Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr., at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.  “But allowing U.S. aircraft to be maintained overseas by unqualified and often unknown personnel creates a gaping hole in the security of our air transportation system.”

Advanced Leadership Class Hits the Road

High winds, driving rain and the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida weren’t enough to deter a bus load of Advanced Leadership participants who traveled from the Winpisinger Center in Southern Maryland to Jenkintown, PA, to support an IAM organizing drive at SPS Technologies.

U.S. Congressman Visits Midwest Territory Office

Illinois Democratic Congressman Daniel Lipinski recently visited with IAM representatives at the union’s Midwest Territory office to discuss issues of importance to Machinists in Illinois and throughout the nine-state territory. Those issues include creating jobs, health care reform, passage of the Employee Free Choice Act and the development of a national manufacturing strategy.

Ft. Stewart Members Ratify New Contract

Members of Local 2917 at Ft. Stewart, GA this week voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year agreement with Lockheed Martin Readiness & Stability Operations. This 417-member unit voted 98 percent to accept the new agreement.