Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the IAM will remember members who have died on the job during a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Unions in the United States and Canada observe Workers’ Memorial Day to commemorate the thousands of workers killed, injured or sickened on the job each year. Stay tuned to the […]
In view of the coronavirus pandemic and its disruption to local lodge meetings, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. has granted special dispensation to all local lodges to utilize alternate procedures concerning three critical, time-sensitive processes related to the upcoming 40th Grand Lodge Convention in San Diego. In an April 6 letter sent to IAM […]
Brothers and Sisters, Most of you are aware the union has been negotiating with Solar Turbines over our working conditions amid the Coronavirus outbreak. The company has been deemed essential and has required hourly employees to report for work based on our normal work schedule. Salaried employees have been allowed to work from home and […]
The IAM is urging President Trump to join the union’s call for employers to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to all working people on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. In a letter to the president, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. also offers the IAM’s cooperation in identifying out-of-work IAM members and shuttered manufacturing facilities […]
Members of the Washington state congressional delegation sent a letter to Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, urging the aerospace giant to accept relief from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. The letter expresses hope that the Boeing Company will consider making full use of the CARES Act’s economic relief provisions to support tens […]
The Machinists Union mourns the loss of IAM member and retired Metal Trades Council President Paul Burnsky, who passed away of pneumonia on March 29, 2020 at the age of 98. Burnsky, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, served the members of the IAM as a Special Representative, Grand Lodge Representative, Administrative Assistant to […]
We are all deeply impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak. But often times we forget about how our most precious members of the community might be impacted by it: Our Kids. It’s difficult to gauge how children are handling the COVID-19 crisis. Are they scared? Do they have questions? Do they worry about their parents going […]
The IAM sent a letter urging members of the U.S. Senate to support the Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act, S. 3583. This legislation revokes the three Executive Orders and one memorandum that have dangerously weakened laws designed to protect federal employees and their rights on the job. READ: Executive Orders effect on agency […]
The San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council is asking for help for union members and their families affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. See the letter below from Keith Maddox, Labor Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer: Sisters and Brothers: As workers, we know that people that have the least, give the most. We see it every […]
A letter of understanding (LOU) has been agreed upon and signed by International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 389 and Solar Turbines. Due to the devastating Coronavirus outbreak and crisis it has caused, Solar Turbines and IAM Local 389 found that attempting to negotiate the contract expiring on May 20, 2020 would be difficult at […]