Strength
There’s strength in numbers. The IAM is 600,000 members strong and fighting every day to improve our jobs.
Security
You can’t put a price tag on peace of mind. Unions assure our jobs are secure and protect us against undue punishment.
Voice
IAM members sit down with their managers and negotiate over wages, benefits and more. That’s having a voice on the job.
Fact: Unionized FSI Pilot Instructors are rewarded a better share of the profits they help generate through their skill, education, and commitment. Without the ability to collectivily negotiate we leave more on the table for those up the management ladder.
Fact: FSI upper managers enjoy the benefit and protection of a contract. Management has agreements with FlightSafety that include stock options, termination benefit packages, performance bonuses, salary increases, and more. Fact: FSI Pilot Instructor negotiation committees assisted by IAMAW staff have been successful in negotiating the issues of the membership at many FlightSafety locations. FlightSafety management and the Pilot Instructors time and time again have professionally worked through workplace issues and bargained enhanced economic packages. Fact: The best paid individuals at all levels of the aerospace industry are those groups that collectively come together to bargain a union negotiated agreement with their employer. FlightSafety Instructors that have formed a union at other training facilities continue to benefit from the combination of the committee structure and the collective bargaining process. The obligation placed on upper management to negotiate has happened as recently as this year when pilot instructors in Charleston, South Carolina ratified an agreement. Both sides discussed and agreed to issues that advanced the workplace, while increasing wages and benefits. Pilot Instructors forming a union in Savannah will also have the ability to bargain in an environment of good faith – no different than any other organized FlightSafety location.
What’s an Authorization Card?
Collecting authorization cards is how we know there’s a genuine interest in forming a Union. Once enough cards are collected, we can petition the federal goverment for a Union election. Signing a card does not mean you have joined the Union. That’s an enirely seperate process. Don’t let management scare you with misleading information about the authorization card. Otherwise, they win and provide themselves even more control over the workforce. Take a moment and watch a short video explaining the authorization card.
IAM Members Live Better
The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) represents roughly 600,00 workers across North America. That includes healthcare, aerospace, air and rail transport, manufacturing, distribution center and public-sector workers – just to name a few.
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The Benefits of Belonging
More Money
Union members earn roughly $200 more every week than non-members. But it’s so much more than that. It’s about negotiating with your bosses over set wage increases that can’t change at management’s whim.
Fairness
A union-negotiated contract puts rules in place that allow you to do your job without fear of retaliation or unjust treatment. If you feel those rules have been broken, you have the legal right to appeal through a grievance procedure. As a result, everyone is treated with respect.
Free College
The IAMAW Free College Benefit makes it possible for you and your family members to earn an associate degree completely online — for FREE.
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Some 87 percent of union workers have access to paid sick days, compared to 69 percent of non-union workers. Roughly 89 percent of union workers get paid vacation and holidays, compared to roughly 75 percent of non-union workers.
Your Rights Under the Law
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), you and your co-workers have certain rights when it comes to forming a union.
You have the right to form, join or assist a union.
You have the right to distribute union literature, wear union t-shirts, ask co-workers to sign authorization cards and discuss the union with co-workers on non-work time.
Supervisors and management are not allowed to spy on you, coercively question you, threaten you or bribe you regarding your union activity.
You have the right to organize a union to negotiate with your employer over your wages, benefits and other working conditions.
Your employer cannot prohibit you from talking about or soliciting for a union during non-work time (including before and after work or during breaks).
You can’t be fired, disciplined, demoted, or penalized for engaging in any of the above mentioned activities.
Source: NLRB.gov
Contact Us
Mike Evans 413-563-3791 mevans@iamaw.org