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IAM District 751 President Selected to Serve on FAA Safety Panel

IAM District 751 President and Directing Business Representative Jon Holden was recently appointed to a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) panel to review Boeing’s safety management processes. The 24-member panel was required by Congress under a 2020 law to reform how the FAA certifies new airplanes. READ: U.S. FAA names experts to review Boeing safety culture after fatal crashes  Reuters   The appointment comes days after Congress recently reached an […]

Machinists Show Strong Presence at AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civil & Human Rights Conference

IAM members from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, for the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference to listen and learn about critical issues affecting the labor movement and minorities.  The conference workshops and plenary sessions focused on the labor movement’s key priorities: youth organizing, civil rights, racial and economic […]

Today is the 61st Anniversary of Federal Employees’ Right to Unionize

Today marks the anniversary of Executive Order 10988 granting federal employees the right to collectively bargaining. On January 17, 1962, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10988, “Employee-Management Cooperation in the Federal Sector” giving federal employees a limited right to unionize and bargain with their employer agencies. This executive order led to greater equality […]

Legislation Introduced Giving Maryland Public Library Employees the Right to Join Unions

The IAM is supporting legislation sponsored by Maryland State Del. Steve Johnson (D-34A), which would provide a consistent process for employees of unorganized public library systems in Maryland to form a union and collectively bargain. Senator Nancy King (D-39) is cross-filing the legislation in the Senate. TAKE ACTION: Help Maryland Library Workers Exercise Their Right […]