IAM members in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been slammed by two powerful hurricanes in the last two weeks (Irma and Maria). IAM members in the affected areas are facing a long and trying road to recovery, including IAM members in Florida (Hurricane Irma) and Texas (Hurricane Harvey). They are helping their own […]
Month: September 2017
2018 IAM Scholarship Competition is Now Accepting Applications
2018 IAM Scholarship Competition is Now Accepting Applications The 2018 IAM Scholarship Competition is now accepting applications. The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada under procedures and rules of eligibility explained in this announcement. The IAM Scholarship Fund, which is used exclusively to make […]
Free College
A College Education without the Cost You read that right. Your union is now offering a Free College Benefit to members and their families. The IAM is excited to announce the new free college benefit available to Machinists Union members and their families: a free associate’s degree from Eastern Gateway Community College. Online Classes Start October […]
IAM Disaster Relief Fund
Dear Machinists Sisters and Brothers, Over the past week, we all watched in horror as Hurricane Irma grew into a category 5 storm and made its destructive way through the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Florida, leaving behind a trail of debris and devastation. Irma’s destruction comes on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, which […]