The Machinists Union applauds Congress and the Biden administration for the one-year extension of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, which provides crucial benefits to workers who lost their jobs as a result of outsourcing and unfair trade practices. The $450 million for the U.S. Labor Department program was included as part of the $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill recently passed by Congress, and […]
The IAM’s Winpisinger Center conducted two Organizing I programs this past December. Forty-four members broke into groups of English and Spanish-speaking classrooms. Members were instructed on how to organize and grow our union in the week-long, information-packed course. Two members, Julissa Salas of Local 1930 and Robert Evans of IAM Local 4, speak out in […]
Service + Solidarity Spotlight: AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA, AFT, AFL-CIO Tech Institute and UNITE HERE Sponsor Labor Innovation & Technology Summit in Connection with CES 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 […]
Before the holidays, military veterans from IAM Local 4 participated in Wreaths Across America Day 2022 at Joy Chapel Cemetery in Hollywood, MD. The Hollywood United Methodist Church congregation collected donations to buy wreaths through Wreaths Across America, and community members laid them on the graves of U.S. military veterans buried in the Joy Chapel […]
Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Wear Blue on Jan. 11 to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking 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. […]