August 15, 2011

Ottawa, ON – A combined effort by organizers from IAMAW District Lodges 78 and 11 was successful in bringing workers at the Kingsway Arms St Joseph Manor Retirement Home in to the Machinists Union. “We said after we organized the Kingsway Arms head office in Bowmanville we would specifically target other locations of this company and this is following through with that plan,” said IAMAW District Lodge 78 organizer Scott

Washington, D.C. – The IAM grew by 7,300 members on Thursday August 11th, thanks to a victory in the election to determine union representation for more than 14,100 Fleet/Ramp workers at the new United Airlines, the carrier formed by the merger of United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia. The election, which was conducted by the National Mediation Board (NMB), was between the IAM, which represented 6,800 United Airlines Ramp/Fleet