Dec 15, 2022 | iMail
In a showing of solidarity and support, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters recently conducted a visibility event in Atlanta, GA. The three unions are supporting the people of Delta Air Lines, who are working to organize their unions.
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Dec 15, 2022 | iMail
IAM Local 4 (District 4) members at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in Maryland recently won a new, improved three-year successor contract with HMR of Maryland. The contract covers nearly 200 IAM members in a broad range of classifications, from healthcare staff, like Certified Nursing Assistants and Medicine Aids, to skilled trades and technical workers, like Electricians, Carpenters, and Medical Equipment Technicians.
The top-of-the-industry healthcare agreement contains many highlights, including pay increases of approximately 10.5% over the life of the contract, no change to group insurance coverage or premium costs while securing improvements in time-off language that will allow employees after one full year of service, at any time, to request a cash payment instead of taking time off. Another gain achieved is two additional floating holidays for employees with 20 years or more of regular full-time seniority.
“Our members and negotiating team displayed solidarity throughout negotiations, which resulted in a strong agreement,” said Mark Duval, District 4 Assistant Directing Business Representative.“This contract affords our members with improvements that will help secure the futures of our members and their families. I want to thank GVP Sullivan and his staff for their support during negotiations.”
“We honor our veterans when we invest in the dedicated staff who care for them,” said IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President David Sullivan. “This victory is an example of IAM’s growing power in the healthcare industry, where we represent thousands of workers in veteran’s facilities, nursing homes, and hospitals. Healthcare workers are organizing with IAM because they know a strong union contract makes the highest quality of patient care possible.”
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Dec 14, 2022 | iMail
An internal organizing effort conducted by the Organizing Department at National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM Federal District 1) Locals in Louisiana and Oklahoma has grown the IAM by more than 150 members.
The newest members include healthcare professional employees at NFFE-IAM Local 1956 in Shreveport, LA and U.S. Army federal civilian employees at NFFE-IAM Local 273 in Fort Sill, OK.
Internal organizing, which focuses on engaging workers who are represented by the union but haven’t signed up to be members, is critical to growing bargaining power.
“Our organizing team is laser focused on growing our union in both numbers and strength,” said IAM Organizing Director Vinny Addeo. “We look forward to continuing these efforts and bringing stronger collective bargaining power to members across many different sectors.”
The effort was led by IAM Organizing Department Grand Lodge Representative Juan Eldridge, with assistance from Organizing Department Special Representative Chris Casteel and Grand Lodge Representative Sonny Martinez. NFFE-IAM Business Representative Jerry McCarty and NFFE-IAM Local 1956 President Cassandra Buckhanan assisted in the campaign.
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Dec 13, 2022 | iMail
The IAM Executive Council has met and unanimously voted to hold the 2024 IAM Grand Lodge Convention at New York Hilton Midtown from September 1-6, 2024. A call letter will soon be sent to District and Local Lodges with further information.
An essential part of the Convention will be the 2024 IAM Commemorative Convention Book, and a popular feature of the book will be ads from our own Local and District Lodges. Proceeds from the ads will help offset the cost of the Convention. We will send out information early next year on how your Local or District can support the 41st Grand Lodge Convention.
“The IAM Executive Council is excited to hold the 2024 Grand Lodge Convention in New York City, a city with one of the highest union densities in North America,” said IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. “I have full confidence that the Eastern Territory and the Host Committee will host a spectacular Convention that represents all sectors of our great union.”
“The Eastern Territory is ready to put on a Convention that will honor our past and future,” said IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President David Sullivan. “New York offers a venue that will allow our delegates to conduct the business of our union. The Host Committee is hard at work to ensure the 41st Grand Lodge Convention will be an experience that our members from all across North America will remember for a lifetime.”
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Dec 13, 2022 | iMail
The IAM is joining with labor and civil rights allies in Washington, D.C., January 13-16 for the 2023 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference.
The theme of this year’s MLK Conference is “Claiming our Power, Protecting Our Democracy.”
Register now for the 2023 AFL-CIO MLK Civil and Human Rights Conference.
The conference will host timely discussions led by experts about the most pressing issues facing our movement, determine how we can address these challenges, share best practices and provide attendees with the cutting-edge tools and knowledge they need to affect change.
Register now for the 2023 AFL-CIO MLK Civil and Human Rights Conference.
The labor movement has always been a force for progress, and we will continue that legacy by standing in our power and fighting back against undemocratic, anti-worker attacks from extremist politicians and corrupt corporate interests.
We will step into the year with purpose and make it clear that working people will determine the direction of this country.
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