Dorothy “Dottie” Ellsworth-Gannon, a longtime fixture on the IAM’s legislative and political team, passed away on February 20, 2020. Ellsworth-Gannon, 91, worked for the IAM for 22 years. Her IAM career began in 1977 when Ellsworth-Gannon was hired as a legislative representative. From 1981 until her retirement in 1999, Ellsworth-Gannon served as assistant director for […]
Amidst the many challenges the current coronavirus pandemic has presented, IAM negotiators found a creative method to bargain and ratify a new contract with Crown Cork and Seal. WATCH: Despite COVID-19, IAM Negotiates and Ratifies Master Agreement with Crown Cork and Seal “With the outbreak of COVID-19 and all the travel restrictions that have taken place, […]
A federal complaint has been issued against the Boeing Co. for unlawfully firing and disciplining IAM supporters at the company’s North Charleston, SC plant. The National Labor Relations Board is moving forward with charges that Boeing wrongly fired five flight line employees and disciplined union supporters more harshly than other workers. The complaint comes eight […]
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 […]