Mar 25, 2021 | Health Care, Healthcare, iMail, News, Politics & Legislation
In a letter to House leadership, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. is urging members of the House to support the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, H.R. 1195. This bipartisan legislation introduced by...
Dec 15, 2020 | Health Care, Healthcare, iMail, News, Organizing, Western
Last Friday, 114 Registered Nurses from CHI Franciscan Hospice Care Center in University Way, WA joined hands to vote for the IAM by an 82 percent majority. Just two and a half weeks ago, their co-workers who work as Master Social Workers and Bereavement Counselors at...
Jul 28, 2020 | Canada, Health Care, Healthcare, iMail, Organizing
Article originally posted on IAMAW.ca In another stunning organising win for IAM District 78, the 530 Personal Support Workers (PSWs) that work for RNS Health Care in York Region voted by a 3 to 1 margin to be represented by our union. District 78 Organizer Rootisha...
Apr 2, 2020 | Healthcare, iMail, News
The IAM is proud of our hardworking members on the front-lines during this pandemic, especially our many brave men and women in the healthcare industry. We honor these heroes are working tirelessly to help save lives. Here’s a link to some resources the IAM has made...
Mar 26, 2020 | Healthcare, iMail, News
This week’s Activate L!VE featured IAM Healthcare Director Marti Garza who talked about the challenges faced by IAM healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Garza discussed the many areas in which the IAM gets involved for our members, and all workers in the...
Feb 25, 2020 | Healthcare, iMail, News, Organizing, Western
The IAM’s national Military and Family Life Counselors (MFLC) campaign is pleased to announce its first victory of 2020. Twenty more military mental health counselors at Fort Bliss Texas voted on February 20 to join the nationwide MFLC movement. The Fort Bliss...
