IAM Hoosier Local 2018 – Working Hard for Working Families

Hoosier Local 2018 Monthly Meeting

The Hoosier Local 2018 monthly meeting is held every 2^nd Saturday of every month at 11 am, except when the meeting date falls on a generally recognized holiday, in which event a substitute meeting day may be set at the preceding meeting. The time and place of any meeting may be changed by membership action upon recommendation of the Executive Board.

Current Locations:

Life Tabernacle Church – Monthly
1135 Middlebury Street
Elkhart, Indiana

Kendallville Public Library – Monthly
221 South Park Avenue
Kendallville, Indiana

Elks Lodge 500 – Monthly
157 West Jefferson Street
Valparaiso, Indiana

Venture Out Business Center – Odd Months
975 Industrial Drive
Madison, Indiana

Evansville Labor Temple – Even Months
220 NW 4th St
Evansville, Indiana

Business Representative Elections

Business Representative Election **UPDATE**

Members will be receiving ballots by mail to vote for two business representatives.

The following members were nominated for business representative.

Tim Hight

David Gault

Chet Robbins

Please read the instructions provided in your ballot and return your ballot by the date specified in the instructions.

Tell your Senators and Representative to Support the Workplace Democracy Act

The Workplace Democracy Act would strengthen the middle class by restoring workers’ rights to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions.

Declining unionization has fueled rising inequality and corporate profits at an all-time high, while wages as a percentage of the economy are near an all-time low. The middle class is disappearing, and the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider.

Tell your Senators and Representative to support the right to join together in union by cosponsoring the Workplace Democracy Act.

See IAM International President Bob Martinez’s remarks at 43:38

Thinking About Becoming a Trade Unionist?

If you are trying to get a better understanding about whether or
not you want to belong to a union, then this article is a must read!

Rides for Guides

http://www.spiritofthemidwest.org

A College Without the Cost

You read that right. Your union is now offering a Free College Benefit to members and their families. The IAM is excited to announce the new free college benefit available to Machinists Union members and their families: a free associate’s degree from Eastern Gateway Community College.

IAM H.E.L.P.S. Project

Hoosier Local 2018
Gabriel’s Horn Valparaiso, Indiana

2018 Stewards & Officer Training

The Stewards and Officers of Local 2018 had training on the weekend of the 28th of April 2018 with IAM Educator Joe Gruber, IAM Special Rep. Kevin Murch, and Local 2018 Organizer Tim Hight. Thanks to everyone that participated!