Jan 16, 2020 | iMail
The IAM is encouraging all IAM district and local lodge communicators to take part in the 2019 IAM Newsletter and Website contests and 2020 Photo contest.
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.
2019 Newsletter and Website Contest Deadline April 3, 2020
2020 Photo Contest Deadline May 1, 2020
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 16, 2020 | iMail
The deadline to enroll for the March 29-April 3, 2020 IAM Federal Employee Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD has been extended to Monday, February 3, 2020.
Due to limited class space of 30, only those who have not previously attended may enroll. Participants will be chosen on a first-come basis, so do not delay.
Click here for the call letter and registration information.
The week’s program will include training in areas specific to the federal sector. Collective bargaining, the Hatch Act and legislative action, prohibited personnel practices, unfair labor practices (ULP) and grievance handling, arbitration and the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) are among the topics of the program.
This program is valuable for stewards, officers and business representatives who service members in the federal sector.
Please contact the Government Employees Department at 301-967-4753 if you have questions.
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Jan 16, 2020 | iMail
Don’t miss the opportunity to help choose who the IAM should endorse for the U.S. president. Register today and be a part of the decision.
As you may have heard, there’s a new process that gives the IAM members the opportunity to vote online for a candidate of their choice. To do so, you must register to vote in our endorsement process at iam2020.org.
“When presidential candidates call me and ask for our endorsement I tell them all the same thing: If you want the IAM’s endorsement, don’t talk to me—talk to our members,” said IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. “Go visit them, and listen to them, at our locals, districts, conferences and state councils.
Martinez further explains the new endorsement process here.
Several presidential candidates have already spoken before the IAM.
“The membership should have the right to express their voice in who their union endorses for U.S. president,” Martinez added.
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Jan 14, 2020 | iMail
Shortly after Christmas, U.S. Forest Service employee and NFFE Local 2086 member Brian Stearns received the call to deploy to Australia to assist overwhelmed firefighters who are fighting one of the worst wildland fires to ever hit the continent. Brian didn’t have to go. He wanted to go.
A few days later, Brian forfeited the rest of his holiday season with his wife and two children and put himself on a plane that was heading half way around the globe. His deployment is part of an international agreement that the U.S. has with several other nations to provide assistance for large disasters, such as the devastating fires that are sweeping across Australia.
The U.S. is both recipient and donor to the agreement, this time providing expertise on the ground in the Australian continent. Brian takes his 20 years of experience as a heavy equipment operator to serve as a Task Force Leader commanding resources and other firefighters while literally in the heat of the action.
“I’m not surprised Brian accepted this assignment,” stated Andy Vanderheuel, president of Local 2086. “Brian is a solid person with a great heart. He loves helping others. No doubt he is doing a great job for the Australians.
Brian is not alone on his deployment. NFFE Local 1650 president Jonathan Merager of San Fernando, CA is also serving somewhere on the Australian fire line, providing his expertise and leadership gained from a career as a U.S. Forest Service worker and firefighter.
“We are exceptionally proud of our NFFE colleagues who volunteer for these kinds of dangerous and physically taxing assignments to help others in another part of the world,” stated NFFE National President Randy Erwin. “People like Brian and Jonathan represent the very best in all of us — as union members and as federal workers. Their selfless efforts should be applauded by us all. We pray that they stay safe and come home soon.”
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Jan 14, 2020 | iMail
Don’t miss the opportunity to help choose who the IAM should endorse for the U.S. president. Register today and be a part of the decision.
As you may have heard, there’s a new process that gives the IAM members the opportunity to vote online for a candidate of their choice. To do so, you must register to vote in our endorsement process at iam2020.org.
“When presidential candidates call me and ask for our endorsement I tell them all the same thing: If you want the IAM’s endorsement, don’t talk to me—talk to our members,” said IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. “Go visit them, and listen to them, at our locals, districts, conferences and state councils.
Martinez further explains the new endorsement process here.
Several presidential candidates have already spoken before the IAM.
“The membership should have the right to express their voice in who their union endorses for U.S. president,” Martinez added.
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