Machinists Union Demands Employers Bargain Over Vaccine Mandate
The Biden administration recently ordered the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop a rule requiring employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated or require unvaccinated workers to produce a weekly negative COVID-19 test result. The IAM will closely examine the final rule […]
40th IAM Grand Lodge Convention to be Held in Las Vegas in October 2022
The IAM Executive Council has met and unanimously voted to hold the 2022 IAM Grand Lodge Convention at the Las Vegas Hilton Resorts World from October 2-7, 2022. A letter will be sent to Local Lodges soon with further information on delegates and constitutional proposals. The Grand Lodge Convention had previously been scheduled […]
IAM Picnic Sept. 23, 2021
UNITED AIRLINES TO REQUIRE EMPLOYEE VACCINATIONS (SURVEY)
Reversing his earlier promise not to be the first to issue vaccine mandates, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby announced that all US-based employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by this fall. This move by United was poorly communicated to Union Members, and reverses earlier promises.Today’s announcement reverses Kirby’s statement he made in January of this […]