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Negotiations to Resume at Vought in Tennessee

The IAM announced this week that federal mediators scheduled negotiations between the union and Vought Aircraft Industries for Nov. 12, 13 and 14 in Nashville, TN.
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Machinists to Vote Nov. 1 on Boeing Offer

Members of IAM locals on strike at Boeing facilities in Kansas, Oregon and Washington will vote Nov. 1 on a tentative agreement which, if approved, will end the strike that began on Sept. 6, 2008....
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Machinists Respond to DOJ's NWA/Delta Ruling

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr., today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s approval of the Northwest Airlines-Delta Airlines merger....
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Machinists in Tentative Deal with Boeing

October 27, 2008, Washington, D.C. – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced today that it reached a tentative agreement with the ...
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Machinists GOTV Campaign Underway in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio

Washington, D.C., October 26, 2008 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) began a three-state tour today in Calvert City, KY, to ...
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Congress Passes Rail Safety and Amtrak Funding Bills

October 21, 2008 - Both the House and Senate passed the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 and its companion bill, the Passenger Rail Investment ...
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Talks to Resume at Boeing

October 21, 2008 - Talks between the IAM and Boeing are scheduled to resume. “After 45 days on the line, your solidarity brought Boeing back ...
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Buffenbarger, Titans Join Strikers at Vought

October 16, 2008 - International President Tom Buffenbarger and members of the undefeated Tennessee Titans football team are among the special guests who recently visited ...
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Freightliner Says Adios' to Portland

October 16, 2008 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has struck again, this time paving the way for Daimler Trucks NA to close ...
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Annual Guide Dogs Banquet Set for November 22

October 14, 2008 - The Twenty-Eighth Annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet to benefit Guide Dogs of America will be held on November 22, 2008, ...
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Second IAM Member Dies from West Virginia Explosion

October 14, 2008 - After a courageous and prolonged struggle, a second member of Local 656, in Nitro, West Virginia, succumbed to injuries suffered in ...
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Boeing Talks Stall Over Outsourcing

October 14, 2008 - The latest round of contract talks between the IAM and Boeing broke down over Boeing’s insistence on contract language that could ...
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Freight Rail Contract Ratified

October 07, 2008 - Under the terms of a newly ratified contract covering nearly 8,000 Machinists on the Nation’s Class I Freight Rail Carriers, base ...
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Boeing Strikers Determined to Prevail

October 07, 2008 - International President Tom Buffenbarger joined IAM members this weekend on picket lines outside Boeing facilities in Everett, WA, Portland, OR and ...
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IAM Supports NASA Space-suit Decision

October - 2, 2008 - When Neil Armstrong stepped off the lunar module in 1969 and became the first man to walk on the moon, ...
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Rep. Marcy Kaptur Blast Wall Street Bailout

As the debate continues, Senate leaders on Wednesday approved emergency legislation to bailout Wall Street.  Representative Marcy Kaptur, (D) Ohio blasts the administration and Wall Street ...
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