Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Rockford United Labor Volunteers Answer Call for Vaccination Effort Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. A new […]
A severe accident at Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME on January 23, 2021 left IAM Local S-6 member Garrett Bailey critically injured with a traumatic life-threatening head and facial trauma. The accident shook the more than 7,000 employees at BIW to their very core. If it hadn’t been for the incredible and immediate response […]
The IAM is urging the House of Representatives to vote “YES” on a much-needed relief package that would help IAM members and all working people recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Rescue Plan has passed in the Senate is expected to be voted on this week in the House. Please act now to implore your […]
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. sent a letter to members of Congress urging support for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The PRO Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) in the House and Senator Patty Murray in the Senate (D-WA), is the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the Great […]
Tuesday, March 9, marks Asian-American Women’s Equal Pay Day. While many of these workers thrive in the economy, thanks in part to lucrative union contracts negotiated by the IAM, others, who are often unorganized, struggle and are paid far less than men on the job. According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, the […]