Dear Member of IAM District Lodge 141: We are writing to inform you about a special benefit offered by IAM District Lodge 141: the Adolph Stutz Memorial Scholarship. Each year, our District awards several scholarships to qualified and deserving members — or their children, grandchildren, or spouses — who are pursuing a college education. The scholarship awards range from $1,000 to [Read More..]

Register now for our 2021 NC Labor Virtual Lobby Training, Thursday, February 25th! We will educate participants on the current political landscape in NC and give you the opportunity and tools to lobby for key policies or on behalf of your own local’s issues. Topics include a briefing on this year’s NC General Assembly and the NC State AFL-CIO legislative [Read More..]

The IAM Grand Lodge recently announced the winners of the 2019 Newsletter and Website Competition. The awards are normally given out in October but were delayed due to the pandemic for the 2019 winners. Victory Lodge 1725 won big again for both newsletter and website! Our lodge won the following awards (with comments from the judges noted): Newsletter 1st Place: [Read More..]

Are you interested in getting more involved in your union but don’t know how to begin? Your local lodge committees are a great way to get involved on a local level and make a difference not only in your lodge, but your community as well. We have room for volunteers in all of our local lodge committees. A full list [Read More..]

February 1, 2021 Sisters and Brothers: This letter is to announce the Year 2021 competition for the District #142 Scholarship Program. This program is based on a scholarship competition open to members of District Lodge #142 and all Year 2021 graduating high school seniors who are legal children of members of District Lodge #142. To effectively carry out this program [Read More..]

January 18, 2021 Sisters and Brothers, Today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an iconic civil rights activist who viewed discrimination and anti-unionism as closely related ills. He was a champion for labor rights whose teachings can serve us well in these trying times, when these rights are under constant assault.  Dr. King’s commitment to peace, non-violent [Read More..]

January 16, 2021 With the recent approval of the Payroll Support Program (PSP2), we have been working to make sure Association represented employees who were impacted in the October reductions are recalled in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreements. After several discussions with American Airlines management, your Association Leadership has been informed that, beginning Tuesday, January 19, 2021, notices for [Read More..]

January 13, 2021 IAM Transportation Department General Vice President Sito Pantoja issued the following statement regarding the need for increased airline and railroad security in the coming weeks:  “As a result of the assault on the Capitol Building and subsequent violent behavior by unruly airline travelers, the IAM demands that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the [Read More..]