To Future IAM Members: 

We at Local Lodge 2203 would like to invite you to join us, to make your workplace better.  It's clear -- union-represented workers across the nation enjoy better average wages and benefits, better and safer working conditions, and rights that non-union workers simply do not have. We believe that all people from all types of work places deserve the right to have union representation on the job. You have the right to a voice in your workplace.. 

We are here to assist and support you in every way we can. But it is up to you and your co-workers to make your organizing campaign successful.  After all, you are the ones who know the issues that have either impaired you in doing your job or have stripped away the dignity and respect that you deserve.
 

Why Have a Union?

A recent ad on television by AARP makes the case for having and joining a union. It shows one person sitting before a board of directors and this person is basically telling the board what she thinks should be done and they in turn agree to do those things. A voice then follows and says "If it was that simple we wouldn't need AARP. The basic message is to get legislators to listen to the working men and women of this country a strong voice must speak for them and in the case of working men and women unions are that strong voice. Unions can not perform this essential task without funding and that comes from the rank and file member dues. The louder the voice the better the chance of getting worker friendly legislation and regulations enacted. The higher percentage of working men and women who are members the louder the voice. It's that simple. The last few years have seen manufacturing move overseas and along with them jobs that could be performed here in this country. There has been a move by the current administration to eliminate overtime pay for certain civil service jobs. This administration is engaging in a not so subtle form of union busting by insisting that the new Department of Homeland Security not have proper representation of it work force by unions. This is only the beginning. We could see the day when we return back to the pre-union times of long work hours, low pay, little or no paid benefits and no worker rights. Do not wait till its too late. Join now. Join the fight for worker rights.