IAM, Labor Rally Against Job-Killing TPP Trade Deal
A springtime downpour in Washington, DC didn’t dampen the spirits of IAM members and other activists from rallying against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), another free trade deal that promises job growth but instead exports thousands…
Alabama Local 2003 Rocks the Vote at Fort Rucker
Nearly 3,000 Machinists of Local 2003 in Daleville, AL are back at work at Fort Rucker today after voting by a 92 percent margin to ratify a new contract offer from L3 Army Fleet Support…
AFS, local Union back at negotiating table
Representatives of striking workers and their employer are currently meeting with a federal mediator in hopes of ending a work stoppage that began Monday, according to the union web site. According to a message posted…
Alabama Local 2003 on Strike for Respect
Nearly 3,000 members of IAM Local 2003 in Daleville, AL are on strike against Army Fleet Support (AFS) at Fort Rucker after voting to reject a “last, best and final” offer from parent company L3…
Labor to Rally on the Hill Against TPP Trade Agreement
The IAM will join union activists and the AFL-CIO in a rally on Capitol Hill to voice our members’ opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement. The rally is scheduled for May 7,…
Act Now to Block Job-Killing TPP Trade Deal
Twenty years after the ratification of NAFTA, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and other worker advocates are speaking out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), another free-trade deal that promises job growth but instead exports thousands of…
Machinists Urge Slow Down on Fast Track for TPP
The IAM called on Congress to slow down the campaign for an expedited and secretly-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement, during a recent panel discussion entitled “Do We Need Fast Track/Trade Promotion Authority?" “Our…
TPP: The Next Big Free Trade Mistake?
The IAM joins labor in bringing the secretly-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement out from the shadows. TPP is poised to become the biggest free trade agreement since NAFTA. Like the deeply-flawed NAFTA, TPP…