Oct 9, 2025 | Politics & Legislative News
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2025 – The 600,000-member IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), the nation’s largest aerospace, defense and Service Contract Act labor union, is calling on members of Congress to pass the bipartisan Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act (S. 2963 / H.R. 5657). The legislation would ensure federal contract workers receive back pay for lost wages during the current government shutdown.
Following the federal government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), along with Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), and Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), introduced the legislation to secure back pay for the thousands of federal contract workers who face furloughs and missed paychecks when the federal government is shutdown.
“Through no fault of their own, many of these families faced the reality of missing payments on their mortgages, student loans, school tuition, car loans, health care premiums, daycare, interest fees, and so many other expenses,” IAM Union International President Brian Bryant wrote to lawmakers in the House and Senate. “Today, they are looking down the barrel of a similar fate. Contract workers and their families should not suffer the consequences of a shutdown they had no hand in creating. Dedicated federal contract workers maintain the aircraft, vehicles and systems that keep our military mission-ready and our nation secure. Many live paycheck to paycheck and are among the first to feel the devastating impact of a government shutdown.”
In addition to urging swift passage of the Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act, the IAM Union is also condemning the unlawful threat from the Trump administration to withhold back pay from federal workers impacted by the shutdown.
The IAM stands in solidarity with all federal and contract workers and calls on lawmakers in both chambers to move swiftly to end the shutdown and pass the bipartisan Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act, ensuring that working families are not left behind.
The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) is one of North America’s largest and most diverse industrial trade unions, representing approximately 600,000 active and retired members in the aerospace, defense, airlines, shipbuilding, railroad, transit, healthcare, automotive, the federal sector, and other industries across the United States and Canada.
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Oct 9, 2025 | Politics & Legislative News
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2025 — The 600-member IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), is opposing the nominations of Crystal Carey for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Scott Mayer and James Murphy for NLRB Members. The IAM Union is urging the U.S. Senate to take no action on these nominees until NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox, who was unjustly fired by President Donald Trump, is reinstated.
“As I’ve stated before, the IAM urges President Donald Trump to reverse the unprecedented and illegal firing of NLRB Member Wilcox, restore the Board’s independence, and protect workers’ rights,” IAM Union International President Brian Bryant wrote in a letter to members of the U.S. Senate. “The NLRB, with Board members from both political parties, is crucial to the rights of our nation’s private-sector workforce, and without this balance, enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act cannot occur in a fair or impartial way.”
Wilcox was reconfirmed by the Senate in September 2023 with bipartisan support for a term ending Aug. 27, 2028. The IAM Union maintains that the Board must include properly seated members from both political parties to ensure fair and impartial enforcement of the law.
The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) is one of North America’s largest and most diverse industrial trade unions, representing approximately 600,000 active and retired members in the aerospace, defense, airlines, shipbuilding, railroad, transit, healthcare, automotive, and other industries across the United States and Canada.
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Oct 6, 2025 | Politics & Legislative News
PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2025 – IAM Union Western Territory General Vice President Robert “Bobby” Martinez issued the following statement congratulating Adelita Grijalva, who was endorsed by the IAM Union’s Arizona State Council, on her victory in the general election for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District while also calling for her to be seated immediately in Congress:
“On behalf of the IAM Union and our Arizona State Council’s leadership and delegates, I congratulate Adelita Grijalva on her historic and hard-fought victory in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District.
“Adelita has dedicated her life to public service and advocacy, standing shoulder to shoulder with working families in Southern Arizona. As a proud native of our community, she has earned the trust of her neighbors through decades of leadership as a local elected official, an education champion, and a tireless defender of working people.
“It is unacceptable that the people of Arizona’s 7th Congressional District remain without representation in the U.S. House of Representatives. The voters have duly elected Adelita Grijalva, and the IAM Union joins working families across Arizona in calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately seat her so she can get to work on behalf of her constituents.
“Her unwavering support for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, along with her commitment to protecting Social Security and Medicare, expanding access to affordable housing and healthcare, and holding corporations and billionaires accountable, are exactly the priorities Southern Arizona families voted for.
“Adelita is ready to lead with compassion, clarity, and purpose. IAM Union members are proud to stand with her as she begins the work of building a stronger future for all families.”
The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) represents approximately 600,000 active and retired members in aerospace, defense, airlines, shipbuilding, rail, transit, healthcare, automotive, and other industries across North America.
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Oct 3, 2025 | Politics & Legislative News
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3, 2025— The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) applauded Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for pressing Boeing’s chief labor counsel, Scott Mayer, over the company’s refusal to reach a fair deal with 3,200 IAM District 837 members in St. Louis on their ninth week on strike.
Watch the exchange between Hawley and Maher here.
“With 3,000 plus residents of my state on strike, unable to work, unable to get healthcare while your CEO is getting paid 30-some million dollars,” said Hawley. “Fairness may be elusive, but that doesn’t look like fairness to me.”
This is not the first time Sen. Hawley has made public comments in support of IAM Union District 837 members on strike. In early September, Hawley was quoted in Missourinet about Boeing’s need to do the right thing by IAM members on strike.
“Management here needs to suck it up and get this thing over with,” said Hawley. “That company is so important to our state, the jobs that it provides, the great things that it produces.”
Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security unit reported $6.6 billion in second-quarter revenue for fiscal 2025, a 10% increase year over year. Yet the company continues to offer proposals that IAM Union District 837 members have repeatedly rejected, as they fail to meet even the most basic thresholds of fairness and dignity.
Negotiations between IAM Union District 837 and Boeing are ongoing under the supervision of a federal mediator.
“We’re tired of Boeing hiding behind posturing and PR spin,” said IAM Union International President Brian Bryant. “Our members build the jets and defense systems that keep this nation safe, and they deserve a deal that reflects their sacrifice, expertise and value. Boeing’s repeated lowball proposals are a slap in the face to the men and women who power their bottom line. The time for grandstanding is over. Negotiate in good faith now, Boeing.”
The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) represents approximately 600,000 active and retired members across North America in aerospace, defense, airlines, shipbuilding, rail, transit, healthcare, automotive, and other industries.
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Sep 30, 2025 | Politics & Legislative News
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2025 – Brian Bryant, International President of the 600,000-member IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), released the following statement on the possibility of a government shutdown:
“The IAM Union strongly urges Congress to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown, which would affect tens of thousands of IAM federal employees and federal contract workers, as well as countless others across our nation.
“The IAM strongly urges a bipartisan funding solution, which should be negotiated in good faith to reach a solution between both Democrats and Republicans to offer a temporary funding measure and avoid a shutdown.
“The IAM also strongly condemns the White House’s threat to use a shutdown as a means to justify illegally firing scores of federal workers. Threats of such an action are unjust and cruel to civil servants, many of whom are Veterans who have already sacrificed and given so much to our great nation.
“Federal workers should not be treated as political pawns in such a fight. These civil servants are so crucial for our nation, from our food inspectors, to social security, air traffic controllers and TSA agents, and even to the military personnel we depend on every day to keep our nation moving forward.
“IAM Union is a diverse labor union representing thousands of federal workers, including those represented by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM), an affiliate representing approximately 110,000 federal workers across the U.S.
“Government shutdowns are even more destructive for our private sector federal contract worker membership, who work alongside federal employees and perform equally essential work for our nation and often do not get any backpay at all after a shutdown ends.
“The IAM strongly encourages both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together on a funding measure that places the American people first and does not include any layoffs of federal workers.”
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Sep 16, 2025 | Politics & Legislative News
Help us restore collective bargaining for federal workers by sending a letter to your congressional representatives NOW asking them to support the Protect America’s Workforce Act!
President Donald Trump’s illegal March 27 executive order (EO) ended collective bargaining for federal unions, an attack on civil servants and their rights as workers.
IAM International President Brian Bryant sent this letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and this letter to members of the Senate, urging their support for the Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550), a bipartisan piece of legislation aimed at restoring collective bargaining rights of federal workers.
This bill has already been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and has strong bipartisan support.
IAM Union strongly supports the Protect America’s Workforce Act for restoring collective bargaining rights to the nation’s federal workforce.
Federal workers are essential, and they’re committed to serving the American people. These workers deserve the right of collective bargaining, which provides protections in the workplace and better service to the public, just to name a few benefits.
IAM Union is a diverse labor union representing thousands of federal workers, including those represented by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM), an affiliate representing approximately 110,000 federal workers across the U.S.
Join us in supporting workers and their rights by writing to your Representative and Senators asking them to cosponsor and support the successful passage of the Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550).
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