Jan 28, 2020 | iMail
The deadlines for the 2019 IAM Newsletter and Website contests and 2020 Photo contest are approaching soon.
2019 Newsletter and Website Contests Deadline April 3, 2020
2020 Photo Contest Deadline May 1, 2020
The IAM is encouraging all IAM district and local lodge communicators to take part in the contests.
The contests are open to all good-standing local and district lodges that regularly distribute official newsletters and/or maintain regularly-updated websites, produce videos or post photographs.
The contest is a great opportunity for your hard work to be recognized by your brothers and sisters across the Machinists Union.
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Jan 23, 2020 | iMail
The Machinists Union is thanking U.S. House members and Senators who voted against the renegotiated trade pact between the U.S., Canada and Mexico (USMCA).
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr., this week sent a letter of support to the 41 House members and nine Senators who voted against USMCA. The IAM has strongly opposed the proposed pact.
The pact, as written, lacks adequate labor standards, enforcement of those standards and other urgently needed reforms that would curtail the outsourcing of aerospace and general manufacturing jobs.
“Ten years from now when members look back at this agreement, you will be on the right side of history. You will be able to proudly stand up and say, you knew this was a seriously flawed agreement and that is why you chose not to support the USMCA,” Martinez wrote to the lawmakers. “You will be able to say you stood with working families and recognized that outsourcing American jobs was imminent and this agreement would not bring jobs back to America.”
The USMCA recently passed both the House and Senate. The legislation is now awaiting the president’s signature.
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Jan 23, 2020 | iMail
The Machinists Union mourns the loss of retired Galveston, TX native, U.S. Navy Veteran and lifetime IAM Local 1786 member Sam Munn.
“Sam was passionate about Texas Democratic politics and labor, especially his union,” said IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. “Local 1786, the entire Machinists Union and those of us who knew him well will greatly miss him.”
Munn joined the IAM in 1964 and became a journeyman Machinist in 1967. Throughout his union career he served in a number of positions, including shop steward, local lodge trustee, District 37 Trustee, President of the Galveston County Central Labor Council, the Texas City Metal Trades and Vice President of the Texas AFL-CIO.
He also served as his Democratic Precinct Chair, member of the State Democratic Executive Committee and was a delegate to the 1992 and 1996 Democratic National conventions.
Munn retired in 2001 and became a 50-year IAM member in 2014. At the time of his passing, he had been in the Machinists Union for more than 55 years.
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Jan 23, 2020 | iMail
On Wednesday’s edition of the IAM’s live webcast NFFE-IAM Executive Director Steve Lenkart and IAM Government Employees Director Jim Price discussed the one-year anniversary of the longest government shutdown in U.S. History.
Activate L!VE streams every Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST.
If you can’t join us live, watch it or previous shows anytime on:
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Jan 21, 2020 | iMail
The 2020 IAM Scholarship Competition is now accepting applications.
The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada. The deadline for applications is February 21, 2020.
Apply for a 2020 IAM Scholarship.
In 2019, the IAM awarded 16 scholarships valued at $64,000.
The IAM now has a vocational-technical two-year scholarship available to both members and their children.
The IAM Scholarship Fund, which is used exclusively to make these awards possible, was established by the delegates of the 1960 IAM Grand Lodge Convention.
If you would like to receive a scholarship packet by mail, or have any questions regarding the program, please call our Scholarship Department at 301-967-4708.
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