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TCU/IAM K-9 Classic Motorcycle Ride Raises More Than $122,000 for Guide Dogs
TCU/IAM recently hosted a three-day charity motorcycle ride event from their Rockville, Md., national office for the very first time. The event included motorcycle rides through Pennsylvania and a visit to Washington D.C.’s monuments. The ride raised funds for the IAM’s favorite charity, Guide Dogs of America and Tender Loving Canines (GDA | TLC). Watch
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IAM Union: Stop the Privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The IAM Union is calling on all members, allies, and community supporters to mobilize now and push back against renewed efforts to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)—a public institution that for more than a century has provided reliable, affordable energy to millions and supported thousands of good union jobs for decades. This is no
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IAM Union Member Steps Up to Assist Texas Flood Emergency Workers
Retired Southwest Airlines employee and current IAM Employee Assistance Program (EAP) instructor with District 142, Mack “Big Mack” McKinney, recounts how his union training in EAP and the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) equipped him to assist recent flood victims and first responders in Kerrville, Texas. Watch the video here. McKinney emphasized the union’s broader
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🚨 TAKE ACTION : Tell Your Representative to Restore Federal Worker Collective Bargaining Rights
A bipartisan measure to reverse President Trump’s executive order that denies collective bargaining rights to millions of federal workers is making headway — and we need your help to win for working families. Federal sector workers in the IAM Union and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM), along with allies in labor and
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IAM Union EAP Leaders Make Big Impact at Labor Assistance Professionals Conference
The Labor Assistance Professionals (LAP), an organization founded in 1990, is dedicated to “Labor Helping Labor.” Recently, 25 labor unions, including the IAM, gathered for their annual conference. More than 450 attendees attended seminars and were trained on different brain disorders, conditions, and other family problems members face. Watch the video here. Members were also
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IAM Union Joins AFL-CIO ‘Better in a Union’ Bus Tour, NAACP Labor Town Hall in Charlotte
The IAM Union recently joined the AFL-CIO’s “Better In A Union” Bus Tour and participated in the NAACP’s Labor Town Hall in Charlotte, where labor, community, and civil rights activists came together in a unified call for economic and social justice. WATCH: NAACP Labor Town Hall IAM Union National Legislative and Political Director Hasan Solomon
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Dee Colbert Appointed to Lead IAM Women’s and Young Workers Department
IAM Union International President Brian Bryant has announced the appointment of Demetress “Dee” Colbert as the union’s next Women’s and Young Workers Director, effective Jan. 1, 2026. Colbert will succeed Julie Frietchen, who will become the Winpisinger Center’s director on Jan. 1, 2026. Colbert brings decades of leadership and organizing experience to the role, recently serving
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IAM Union Issues Statement on Delta Air Lines’ Settlement for Misuse of Taxpayer Pandemic Funds
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2025 – Brian Bryant, International President of the 600,000-member IAM Union, and Richie Johnsen, IAM Union Air Transport Territory General Vice President, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia ordering Delta Air Lines to pay $8.1 million to settle alleged false claims act violations
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1,100 U.S. Geological Survey Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Join NFFE-IAM
More than 1,100 federal employees working at 14 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) locations throughout the country have overwhelmingly voted to join the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM). Some elections had a 99% positive vote in favor of union representation. The latest organizing victories are part of a strategic organizing initiative between the IAM Organizing
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IAM Union Air Transport Territory Demands Increased Protections After Guilty Plea in Violent Assault on IAM Union Member, United Airlines Worker at Washington Dulles International Airport
The IAM Union Air Transport Territory issued a strong call for action and accountability following a guilty plea in a violent assault against a United Airlines gate agent and IAM member at Washington Dulles International Airport. On July 10, 2025, Christopher Stuart Crittenden pleaded guilty in federal court to charges stemming from an attack in
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