Media Contact: LaToya Egwuekwe-Smith legwuekwe@iamaw.org (815) 404-1710   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Louis, Thursday, April 9, 2020 – Members of Machinist Union (IAM) District 837 employed at Boeing in St. Louis are volunteering to work overtime in order to help build face shields needed by health care workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) […]

This week’s live webcast of Activate L!VE featured Brittani Gassner of Eastern Gateway Community College breaking down improvements in the IAM Free College Benefit. The show also included news updates on unemployment benefits and the IAM’s efforts to assist members and families as they struggle through the coronavirus crisis. Activate L!VE streams every Wednesday at […]

IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. and IAM Canada General Vice President Stan Pickthall recently sent a letter to Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, encouraging him to take further action to protect frontline workers. “Employers must be held to a higher standard and be accountable; after all, employer policies can also help curb the spread […]

Due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the IAM is immediately waiving unemployment stamp requirements for members to retain membership rights. Members retain their full rights as a result of this six month dispensation of unemployment dues. The suspension of the mandate is effective immediately and applies to dues delinquencies that begin during the […]

The IAM is urging for-profit companies with under 500 employees to remedy any potential hardships or threats of laying off any IAM-represented workers by utilizing a federal aid provision in the recently-enacted CARES Act. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) allows small employers to receive up to $10 million, or 2.5 times the business’ total payroll […]

In view of the coronavirus pandemic and its disruption to local lodge meetings, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. has granted special dispensation to all local lodges to utilize alternate procedures concerning three critical, time-sensitive processes related to the upcoming 40th Grand Lodge Convention in San Diego. In an April 6 letter sent to IAM […]

The deadly COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping across the globe has infected and taken the lives of thousands, including some of our own IAM Sisters and Brothers. We honor our fallen by celebrating their impact on our lives and the labor movement. They will not be forgotten. We also thank many of our fellow Sisters […]

The Machinists Union mourns the loss of IAM member and retired Metal Trades Council President Paul Burnsky, who passed away of pneumonia on March 29, 2020 at the age of 98. Burnsky, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, served the members of the IAM as a Special Representative, Grand Lodge Representative, Administrative Assistant to […]

Members of the Washington state congressional delegation sent a letter to Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, urging the aerospace giant to accept relief from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. The letter expresses hope that the Boeing Company will consider making full use of the CARES Act’s economic relief provisions to […]

The IAM is urging President Trump to join the union’s call for employers to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to all working people on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. In a letter to the president, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. also offers the IAM’s cooperation in identifying out-of-work IAM members and shuttered manufacturing […]