IAM rail negotiators met on February 24,... More

Rail Legislative Campaign Gains Key Supporter 2/24/2004
February 25, 2004

Rail Legislative Campaign Gains Key Supporter

Representative James Oberstar (D-MN), ranking member of the U.S. House of... More

Rail Workers Urge Congress to Act 2/17/2004
More than 700 IAM members have written legislators to demand the National Mediation Board (NMB) take action to advance the four-year... More

Make Plans to Help IAM Rail Workers 2/11/2004
Make Plans to Help IAM Rail Workers IAM members are reminded to take advantage of the upcoming congressional recess, February 13-20, to... More

Machinists Mobilize for Rail Negotiations 2/4/2004
Machinists Mobilize for Rail Negotiations The Machinists Union is launching a legislative campaign to force the National Mediation Board (NMB) to advance... More

Machinists Mobilize to Put Rail Negotiations Back on Track 2/2/2004
February 2, 2004 Machinists Mobilize to Put Rail Negotiations Back on Track

The Machinists Union is initiating a legislative... More

Railroad Machinists Reject Contract, Vote to Strike 9/15/2003
IAM members at the nation's Class 1 Freight Rail Carriers voted overwhelmingly to reject rail management’s contract offer. In a separate... More

IAM Rail Workers to Vote on Offer 8/19/2003
More than 7,500 Class 1 Railroad Machinists will have the final word on the so-called last, best and final offer from... More

Railroad Machinists to Vote Contract Offer 8/18/2003
August 18, 2003 Railroad Machinists to Vote Contract Offer The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced... More

Machinists Welcome Newest Rail Members 5/20/2003
More than 50 employees of Gunderson Rail Services’ Hodgekins, Illinois repair facility voted this week for the benefits of union representation... More

National Negotiations 4/4/2003
Ms. Benetta M. Mansfield Chief of Staff National Mediation Board 1301 K Street NW, Suite 250E Washington, DC 20572

Dear Ms. Mansfield:

This is in regard... More

IAM Urges  3/18/2003
March 14, 2003

Mr. Frank Duggan

Chairman of the Board

National Mediation Board

1301 K Street, NW, Suite 250 East

Washington, DC 20572

Dear Mr.... More

LL 478 WELCOMES NEW CONDUCTOR SENTINAL 3/18/2003
LOCAL LODGE 478 Would like to take a moment to thank our outgoing conductor sentinal John Suhajda for the outstanding... More

Wall Street Journal Supports Anti-Union Campaign 1/30/2003
Wall Street Journal Supports Anti-Union Campaign "The authors of a 1/29 Wall Street Journal editorial, calling for radical changes... More

Rail Negotiations Resume 1/29/2003
As you may know, an Arbitration Award has been rendered covering the wages, and the health and welfare issues between... More

Congress Holds Key to Amtrak's Future 1/23/2003

The U.S. House and Senate are on a collision course over funding measures that could spell the difference between life... More

BNSF Slashes Jobs at Burlington, Interbay, and Topeka shops 1/23/2003
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF) has eliminated more than 300 jobs at it locomotive shops in Burlington,... More

Increase in Lifetime Maximum Medical Benefit for Rail Retirees 12/12/2002
Effective January 1, 2003, the lifetime maximum benefit for each individual covered under "The Railroad Employees National Early Retirement Major Medical... More

Rail Negotiations Stalled 11/9/2002
Rail Negotiations Stalled Negotiations between Machinists, Sheet Metal Workers and the National Rail Labor Coalition (NLRC) continued last week in Washington, D.C.... More

Rail Negotiations Stalled 11/6/2002
Rail Negotiations Stalled

Negotiations between Union Coalition partners the Machinists and Sheet Metal Workers Unions and the National Rail... More

Settled Suit Brings Benefits for Rail Workers 10/29/2002
The Kansas State Treasurer and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company settled a federal lawsuit that could affect the families or heirs... More

Settled Suit Brings Benefits for Rail Workers 10/18/2002
The Kansas State Treasurer and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company settled a federal lawsuit that could affect the families... More

Attention Families of Railroad Retirees 10/18/2002
Survivors of retired railroad employees who died between 1964 and 2001 may be entitled to receive a $2,000.00 life insurance... More

National Rail Negotiations to Resume 9/25/2002
September 25, 2002

National Rail Negotiations to Resume

The long-stalled Class 1 rail negotiations on behalf of nearly 10,000 IAM... More

National Rail Negotiations to Resume 9/24/2002
National Rail Negotiations to Resume The long-stalled Class 1 rail negotiations on behalf of nearly 10,000 IAM railroad members will resume in... More

Transportation Industry Discussions Held at White House 6/28/2002
Machinists' leaders met with White House officials today to discuss the state of the transportation industry. General Vice President... More

IAM Calls for Rail Talks Release  4/24/2002
IAM Calls for Rail Talks Release The IAM requested a proffer of arbitration this week over stalled Class 1 freight rail... More

Rail Negotiations Sidetracked 3/15/2002
Two days of intense negotiations ground to a halt over management demands that railroad workers pay even higher premiums for... More

Rail Talks Back on Track 3/13/2002
Negotiations for a new agreement on the nation’s railroads have been slated for March 13 and 14, reports Robert Reynolds, president... More