Dec 6, 2022 | iMail
Machinists Union and TCU/IAM members, along with the Georgia AFL-CIO, have mobilized over the past weeks to encourage members in the state to get out and vote to reelect worker-friendly U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff on Dec. 6.
“I want to thank all the volunteers, the Legislative and Political Departments and my entire staff for working tirelessly throughout this very important campaign,” said IAM Southern Territory General Vice President Rickey Wallace. “Together, we have contacted thousands of members, helping to ensure the futures and livelihoods of working-class people statewide.”
“As you know, elections have consequences. Our nation’s working people need economic security, safe jobs, and the power to join and form unions,” said IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. “This is achieved with the help of strong allies like Senator Warnock.”
The Georgia State Council of Machinists has endorsed U.S. Sen. Warnock because he is an ally in Washington in helping to pass legislation that working families desperately need.
IAM members are contacting thousands of Georgia Machinists via door knocking, member-to-member phone calls, robocalls, text messages, and emails.
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Dec 6, 2022 | iMail
On November 29, members of IAM Local 1802 (District 54) voted to ratify their union contract at Nordson Corp. in Amherst, OH, ending their 2-week strike and returning to work on November 30.
The new contract includes major victories for members including better mandatory overtime policies, higher wage increases, health insurance cost freeze, retirement benefits improvements and more.
IAM Local 1802 members stood together, fought for the treatment they deserve and proved that solidarity works when securing their new contract.
IAM members working at the Nordson Corp. manufacture products used for dispensing adhesives, coatings, sealing and more for end products that include packaging, electronics and medical equipment.
IAM District 54 represents more than 14,000 active and retired members in Ohio, West Virginia, northeastern Indiana and Michigan.
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Dec 6, 2022 | iMail
As the holidays approach and if you have not completed your holiday gift shopping, support union workers by buying union-made products. Union members have been working hard making this holiday season happen.
You can show some love not only by shopping for union-made gifts but also purchasing items from your favorite local union shop or supporting union-friendly companies.
From games, to beverages to sport equipment and more, the options are limitless.
Check below for a list compiled by the AFL-CIO of union-made holiday gift ideas:
Apparel and Accessories
- Joseph Abboud
- Majestic Athletic
- Timex watches
- Naturalizer shoes
- Nunn Bush shoes
- Red Wing Shoes
- Macy’s
- Bloomingdale’s
- Zara
- H&M
- Housing Works thrift stores
Book and Stationery Stores
- Greenlight Bookstore
- Yours Truly, Brooklyn
- McNally Jackson
- Goods for the Study
- Book Culture
- Housing Works Bookstore
Beauty Products
- Avon
- Caress skin care
- ChapStick
- Dove beauty products
- Old Spice
- L’Oreal
Comic Books
Games
- Barrel of Monkeys
- Battleship
- Candy Land
- Chutes and Ladders
- Clue
- Connect 4
- The Game of Life
- Hi Ho! Cherry-O
- Monopoly
- Mouse Trap
- Operation
- Pictionary
- Risk
- Scrabble
- Sorry
- Taboo
- Twister
- Yahtzee
Sports Equipment
- American Athletic
- Louisville Slugger
- MacGregor golf clubs
- Standard Golf
- Callaway golf balls
Tickets
- Broadway
- Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular
- Sporting events
Stocking Stuffers
- Rayovac batteries
- Bic lighters
- Ghirardelli chocolates
- Jelly Belly candies
- Laffy Taffy
- Tootsie Pops
- Allan Candy Canes
- Hershey’s chocolates
- See’s Candies
- Rabble-Rouser Chocolate
- Bennington Potters pottery
- Klear Vu home textiles
- Natco Home furnishings
Wine and Beer
- Chateau Ste. Michelle
- Columbia Crest
- St. Supéry
- Charles Krug
- CK Mondavi
- Gallo of Sonoma
- Pindar Vineyards
- Paumanok and Palmer Vineyards
Miller Beer
- Miller High Life
- Miller Genuine Draft
- Miller Lite
- Milwaukee’s Best
- Icehouse
- Red Dog
Anheuser-Busch
- Budweiser
- Budweiser American Ale
- Bud Light
- Michelob
- Shock Top
- Busch
- Rolling Rock
- O’Doul’s
If You’re in the ‘Big Spender’ Category
- Jeep
- Ford Mustang
- Cadillacs
See more cars made by UAW and non-auto UAW-made products.
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Dec 6, 2022 | iMail
The Winpisinger Center is excited to announce the call for the inaugural IAM Education Conference, to be held Sunday, March 26 through Friday, March 31, 2023, at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD.
The conference will provide an opportunity for IAM educators at all levels to learn and share training techniques, materials, and strategies. Local or District educators, members of education committees, and other Local, District, and Grand Lodge leaders who currently provide training or want to expand training in their lodges are encouraged to attend.
The overall goal of the Education Conference is to advance and strengthen the IAM’s long commitment to building power through member education and training.
“When Tom Talbot organized nineteen machinists in that railroad pit in Atlanta, Georgia, he had already envisioned member education as a primary undertaking for the union,” said Winpisinger Director Mary McHugh. “It remains an essential component of our work almost 135 years after our founding.”
Conference topics will include methods and techniques of labor education, organizing, and steward and officer training, among others. Discussions about the labor movement’s role in politics and economic systems are planned to round out the curriculum. The conference will also allow the Winpisinger Center to learn more about the educational goals of the membership so that the curriculum can be refined and expanded to better meet their needs.
“We are developing a peer-to-peer mentorship program for IAM educators and plan to work with a number of organizations outside of the IAM allowing participants to network within the broader labor movement,” said Winpisinger Center Assistant Director Joe Gruber. “I am excited about the opportunities this will provide for the future of member education at the Winpisinger Center and in the field.”
The deadline for registration is January 31, 2023. Questions about the IAM Education Conference should be directed to Assistant Director Joe Gruber (jgruber@iamaw.org). Questions about registering for the program should be directed to Registrar Tracy Woodburn (twoodburn@iamaw.org).
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Dec 2, 2022 | LL S6 Elections, LL S6 Leadership Alerts, LL S6 Upcoming Events
Brothers and Sisters,
Please find the most recent Leadership Alert below:
CLICK HERE: Leadership Alert 12_1_22 : CLICK HERE
In Solidarity,
Local S6 Leadership
