Last week, 14 Hospice Chaplains from the CHI Franciscan Hospice Care Center in University Place, WA voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM, becoming the first group of Chaplains to be organized by the IAM. Hospice Chaplains, who provide counseling and emotional and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC) movement received a huge boost with the announcement of the support of U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro. The Congressman, a member of the U.S. House Labor Committee, has shown his support for strong labor unions on many fronts....
The Western Territory and the IAM Healthcare Department have embarked on a joint nationwide healthcare organizing campaign in an effort aimed at organizing Military Family and Life Counselors, or (MFLCs). MFLCs provide critical counseling services to veterans and...
The Summer 2019 IAM Journal will be hitting the doorsteps on IAM members by late May. Here’s a first look at one of several articles in this edition. Rarely in the labor movement today is there an opportunity for a union to charter a new local lodge, especially one...
The IAM welcomed 65 Military Family Life Counselors who won Union representation in three elections conducted by the NLRB on Friday in Colorado Springs, CO. “Our internal committees stayed strong in the face a fierce company anti-union campaign,” said Western...
