FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CROMWELL, Conn., May 1, 2022 – Approximately 3,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 26, Local 700 in Middletown and Local 1746 in East Hartford, Conn., voted to ratify a new contract with Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies Company. The three-year agreement takes effect on Monday, […]
Service + Solidarity Spotlight: AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Redmond, Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council Honor Workers Memorial Day in Pittsburgh 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 […]
The IAM gathered at the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD to remember 46 members that will be added to the hallowed memorial grounds. With more than 100 IAM members attending, Monica Lee Silbas, IAM Chief of Staff to the International President, delivered the keynote address. Silbas called on members to remember those who have passed and to commit to making things better at work. “We do this for transportation workers, aerospace […]
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2022 – Matt Hollis, National Vice President and Special Assistant to the President for Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM), testified before the Surface Transportation Board on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Hollis testified on behalf of the IAM Rail Union to address urgent issues in the freight rail service. Other speakers included U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Dr. Jewel H. Bronaugh, and […]
Labor’s Great Resurgence Unions are back. Or so we hear from observers of recent union victories at Amazon and Starbucks and in hundreds of other workplaces across the country. For those of us who have long fought for working people, the recent triumphs of the labor movement’s David over corporate Goliaths are exciting. Often […]