The IAM & AW is a large and diverse organization, representing 720,000 members across North America. Each member makes a significant contribution to the success of the union. The mission of the IAM & AW Headquarters is to help individual members realize that potential. The departments of the IAM & AW mirror the diversity of the members that form the union.
GOALS:
- Cost-of-living raises so that wage rates rise with living costs.
- Increased purchasing power to provide a higher standard of living.
- Paid sick leave and life insurance for workers; employer-paid hospital, medical, dental and eye care benefits for workers and their families.
- Equal pay for equal work regardless of sex, race, or national origin.
- A safe, healthy workplace.
- Shorter work week with double time for voluntary overtime.
- Restrictions on subcontracting. Employer-paid insurance for worn, broken, or stolen tools.
- Joint apprentice training and retraining on the job.
- Portable pensions with optional early retirement benefits.
- Severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits.
- Union Shop.