Passage of IAM-Championed REEF Act Restores Full Railroad Unemployment, Sickness Benefits
IAM railroad members who rely on unemployment and sickness benefits are seeing a restoration of full benefits, as well as backpay to make up for previous cuts. Following a long campaign by the IAM, TCU/IAM and rail labor, Congress passed the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act in December. President Biden signed the REEF
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IAM Disaster Relief Program is Here to Help Members Affected by California Wildfires
With the wildfires in Southern California displacing people and destroying homes, the IAM is committed to providing immediate assistance and resources to help its affected members. If you’re an IAM member and suffered property damage from the fires, you can apply for assistance from the IAM Disaster Relief Fund here. To address urgent needs, the
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IP Bryant: Unions are Best Defense for Workers as New Technology Emerges
IAM International President Brian Bryant recently led an IAM delegation to the sixth annual Labor Innovation & Technology Summit in Las Vegas. The conference, co-founded by SAG-AFTRA and AFL-CIO, delivered critical strategies for addressing workers’ issues amongst the new policy landscape created by technological advancements. The IAM was one of several sponsoring unions for this
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James ‘Jimbo’ Watson Appointed IAM Western Territory Chief of Staff
IAM International President Brian Bryant has announced the appointment of International Representative James “Jimbo” Watson as Chief of Staff to Western Territory General Vice President Robert “Bobby” Martinez. The appointment was effective Jan. 1, 2025. “Jimbo Watson brings decades of experience and a lifelong passion for our union and membership to his new role as
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Join IAM CREST for Upcoming OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training
IAM CREST is collaborating with the ICWUC Center for Worker Safety and Health to conduct a OSHA 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) program in Riverside County, Calif., from Feb. 3 to 7, 2025. This program is designed for individuals within driving distance of the training location. We have limited rooms available for
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Power in Unity
Power in Unity
Union members know better than anyone that there is power in unity. So we are thrilled to share breaking news: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a powerful union of 2 million members, has joined our AFL-CIO union family.
At a critical moment when everything is on the line for the nation’s working people, the labor movement is uniting to challenge the status quo and build a movement of workers who will fight—on the job, in the streets, at the ballot box, in our communities—for higher pay, expanded benefits and new rules that empower us to join together in unions and organize across industries.United, we’ll take on corporate greed and union-busting millionaires and billionaires.United, we’ll build on our wins and on our record of support and keep up the momentum in this critical moment for the labor movement. And united, we’ll have the power to make change, to hold elected leaders accountable and to demand stronger, more inclusive labor laws that guarantee every worker in America has the basic right to organize on the job. We know what it looks like when we organize together, when we rally together, when we mobilize together. And together with SEIU service and care workers, we will take our fight for good jobs to the next level. There’s no stopping us. P.S. Tune in at 2:30 p.m. ET to, Thursday, Jan. 9, at AFLCIO.tv as the AFL-CIO and SEIU come together for this historic announcement with workers from various unions—including our SEIU members—to talk about why we’re powerful together.
Kenneth Quinnell
Thu, 01/09/2025 – 09:51
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IAM Provides Free Rides for Holiday Travel to Future U.S. Navy Leaders
A ride from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., to nearby BWI/Thurgood Marshall Airport costs roughly $40 via most rideshare apps. Academy alumni and parents of midshipmen at the academy have been trying to save midshipmen a few dollars during the holidays on the airport trips by volunteering to pick up and drop
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IAM District 66 H.E.L.P.S. Wisconsin Food Pantry
On Dec. 17, 2024, members of IAM District 66 volunteered at the WAFER Food Pantry in La Crosse, Wisc. This essential community resource plays a critical role in fighting hunger by providing a grocery store-like environment where individuals can select the items they need most. “Our team contributed from 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., working
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Perfect timing: New Jersey fire fighters use same-day training to save lives
The Mail is Not for Sale!
January 8, 2025The fast and furious online reaction to The [Washington] Post’s Dec. 19 editorial underscores how strongly the people support and trust the U.S. Postal Service.
US Mail Not for SalePresidentMark Dimondstein
The fast and furious online reaction to The [Washington] Post’s Dec. 19 editorial underscores how strongly the people support and trust the U.S. Postal Service.
Though the Editorial Board claims to be “agnostic” on postal privatization, the board suggests it’s been successful elsewhere. This couldn’t be further from the truth; postal privatization has proved deeply unpopular in other countries, where it has led to higher postage rates and cuts in service.
Privatization would jeopardize the Postal Service’s universal obligation to provide postal services for all people, no matter who we are or where we live. What’s to stop a Wild West of price gouging and profit-taking? Where profit cannot be made — especially in rural America — service would probably cease.
The bleak picture of the Postal Service’s financials presented in the editorial ignores some obvious fixes: Allow the Postal Service to provide expanded products, such as financial services and licensing; invest Postal Service pension and health funds in something other than low-yield Treasury bonds; end presorting discounts, which amount to corporate welfare for big mailers and deprive the Postal Service of needed revenue; update the 1970 business model to address the reality of growing package volume and declining letter volume in the internet age.
In addition, The Post’s editorial devalues what the public Postal Service does. Whether through providing tens of millions of people secure access to the ballot box, sorting and delivering medicines, packages, personal correspondence and advertising, enabling customer access for small businesses, bringing normalcy after natural disasters, or giving the exchanging of ideas and information a presence in every community, the Postal Service remains vital to binding the country together. Omissions such as the Postal Service’s role in ensuring access to e-commerce are striking.
Yes, the Postal Service is facing financial and service challenges. But we should not use these fixable challenges as reason to side with private business oligarchs. The unionized, dedicated postal workers side with the people as, together, we say: “The U.S. mail is not for sale!”
Read President Dimondstein’s response and other responses to the Dec. 19 Washington Post Editorial by clicking here!
The Mail is Not for Sale! APWU President Mark Dimondstein’s Response to The Washington Post’s Dec. 19, 2024 Editorial About Postal Privatization0
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