IAM Tampa Airline Lodge 2319
Serving Tampa, Fort Myers, & Sarasota

Will meet on Tuesday, February 18, 2025
7:00pm (Executive Board)
7:30pm (Regular Membership)
at 
Country Inn & Suites
4750 N. Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, Fl. 33614

In addition to the Local Lodge conducting general business and hearing any motion lawfully brought before it the following will be on the agenda:

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NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS AMD ELECTIONS
FOR INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS
International President, General lSecretary-Treasurer, 6 General Vice Presidents, 3 Delegates to the A.F.L.-C.I.O., and 5 Members of the Committee on Law

In accordance with Article III of the IM Constitution, except as set forth herein, the International will conduct elections for the offices of International President, General Secretary-Treasurer, 6 General Vice Presidents, 3 Delegates to the A.F.L.-C.I.O., and 5 Members of the Committee on Law (including one from Canada) for terms ending onJune 30 2029. Nominations for these offices can be made at a special meeting of your local on Saturday, January 18, 2025. In the event that members of your local nominate mote than one candidate for IAM International President and/or General Secretary-Treasurer, or more candidates than there are position for the other offices, there shall be a local endorsement vote on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Both the nomination and endorsement meetings will take place from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the following location:

RESIDENC INN LTAMPA WESTSHORE/AIRPORT
4312 W BOY SCOUT BLVD
TAMPA FL 33607

If more than one candidate for International President and /or General Secretary-Treasurer, or more than five (5) candidate for th Committee on Law receives the endorsement of 25 or more locals, including endorsements in at least three separate territories or divisions, there shall be and election. The section, if necessary, will take place byseblcret ballot mail vote. In this event, Mal ballots automatically will be sent to all lelegible members in good standing and must be returned to the designated P.O. Box on or before May 1, 2025.



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This is the official notice of nominations and elections for international officers of the Machinists Union. All members will receive via U.S., mail at their address on file, a detailed lit of instructions and information on this process.

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Attached an official letter with information about the upcoming District 142 Special Election.

D142 Special Election Information for Posting (3)

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Below is a critical message from the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), which represents hundreds of thousands of dedicated letter carriers who deliver our mail six days a week.

Please make a call now to protect U.S. Postal Service workers’ jobs: 202-224-3121
Team AFL-CIO

The jobs of 640,000 U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees are under attack.
In a reported executive order, President Trump plans to fire the Postal Board of Governors and place the agency under the control of the Department of Commerce.

This is a direct attack on USPS employees, the unmatched universal service they provide and every citizen who relies on the Postal Service.

Please stand with letter carriers and all postal workers and make a call to House Speaker Mike Johnson.

202-224-3121

Please tell Speaker Johnson to put a stop to this. HELL NO to dismantling the Postal Service!

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

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Want to see where your Union Dues money goes.

Click the link below for a short video.  Dues Explainer.  https://www.goiam.org/news/latest-videos/dues-explainer/

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Member Participation Key to IAM Veterans Services Program Success

The IAM’s Veterans Services program is reporting a boost in recruitment. The program, which is under the union’s Retirees and Membership Assistance Department, was created in 2016 and continues its growth in popularity. Enrollment is up from 2,400 in July 2020 to 4,100 as of this February.

“Seeing an opportunity to increase interest and further expand the program, we wanted to ramp up our efforts by reaching out to everyone,” said IAM Retirees and Membership Assistance Director Ed Manhart, who manages the IAM’s military veteran outreach. “It’s the least we can do for their selfless acts of courage and sacrifices they made for our country.”

The program provides an extensive range of services such as the IAM Employee Assistance Program. It also offers help to veterans struggling with PTSD, mental health problems and/or substance abuse. Veterans can attend week-long seminars at the union-owned and operated Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. One particular segment of the training helps military veterans navigate through the often-complicated and difficult tasks of filing benefit claims with the federal government. All IAM membership services are free of charge.

The IAM encourages military veterans to enroll in the program by visiting its website or submitting paper applications. In early January of this year, the Veterans Services program launched the latest veterans outreach effort by sending packets of application forms to all IAM districts and locals across the country. The project is proving successful through an increased awareness, interest and participation in this valuable IAM member service benefit.

Veterans Contact Information Sheet

IF YOU SO DESIRE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FORM HERE AND MAIL TO THE ADDRESS LOCATED ON THE FORM.
If you complete the online form, please do not submit the PDF version.
Fields with a * are required to submit the form.

 

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The most recent local lodge by-laws have been approved and are posted. To read the entire by-law go to the About  Us drop down and click on the by-laws. 

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Well, if you are unable to attend a regular union meeting and you want to get credit for it you must fill out a Missed Meeting Excuse Form and turn it in to the local. Forms can be obtained from the L.L. 2319 Recording Secretary, or you can download one from the following link. Missed Meeting Excuse 

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IAM District 141 & 142 EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
is here to help you when you are facing personal problems. The assistance is confidential and free. Click here or the logo below for more information, or contact Brother Chuck Krieg at ckrieg57@gmail.com

 

For the District 142 membership, contact Brother Paul M. Shultz at;
pm.shultz@att.net or call 704-907-3563

 

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 Union Dues Check-Off

Some of our members have opted to forgo payroll deduction of their monthly dues, which is an option available to all. However, that does not preclude you from paying your monthly dues on time. If you elect to pay by check, please remit the full monthly amount by the first of the month. Make the check out to IAM District Lodge 142, indicate in the memo section that the dues are for IAM Local 2319. Please mail the check to;         
IAM District 142
9633 48th St.
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ. 85044
The current monthly dues rate is $78.00

If you have any questions please contact the Local Executive Board at;                               816-982-6480
816-452-6646

 

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For information on various topics important to labor unionist, and the trade union movement, log onto the the Labor Letter, from American Income Life Insurance Co.
The online edition of AIL/NILICO Labor Letter & Agenda can be found at;
www.ailnews.com

 

West Central Florida Federation of Labor

For the latest from the Central Labor Council go to the legislative page listed under Committee’s

Trump Takes Aim at Union Federal Workers on First Day in Office

On Inauguration Day among the many Executive Orders that President Trump issued, four will directly impact the federal governments’ union workforce, largely represented by the American Federation of Governmental Employees: Telework, Schedule F, a hiring freeze, and the closure of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs within federal agencies.

The first restricts federal employee telework. From a statement from AFGE President Everett Kelley:

“This directive turns back the clock to before 2010 when Congress required federal agencies to expand telework by law. Congress took this action a full decade before the pandemic, recognizing telework as an important tool for agencies’ operational efficiency.

“To justify this backward action, lawmakers and members of President Trump’s transition team have spent months exaggerating the number of federal employees who telework and accusing those who do of failing to perform the duties of their jobs. The truth is that less than half of all federal jobs are eligible for telework, and the workers who are eligible to telework still spend most of their work hours at their regular duty stations.

“Providing eligible employees with the opportunity to work hybrid schedules is a key tool for recruiting and retaining workers in both the public and private sectors. Restricting the use of hybrid work arrangements will make it harder for federal agencies to compete for top talent. It’s also been a critical tool for federal agencies to maintain continuity of operations in emergencies, increase disaster preparedness, and improve efficiency. Hybrid work has been so successful that many agencies have been working to consolidate unused office space and sell off properties that are costly to maintain — meaning there may no longer be enough office space to accommodate an influx of on-site workers.

“Rather than undoing decades of progress in workplace policies that have benefited both employees and their employers, I encourage the Trump administration to rethink its approach and focus on what it can do to make government programs work better for the American people.”

The second order is Trump’s controversial reinstatement of Schedule F which states that any career federal job connected to federal policy will serve at the pleasure of the President, denying their due process rights and allowing them to be easily fired and replaced with Trump loyalists. Here’s President Everett’s statement on the matter:

“President Trump’s order is a blatant attempt to corrupt the federal government by eliminating employees’ due process rights so they can be fired for political reasons. It will remove hundreds of thousands of federal jobs from the nonpartisan, professional civil service and make them answerable to the will of one man.

“This unprecedented assertion of executive power will create an army of sycophants beholden only to Donald Trump, not the Constitution or the American people. The integrity of the entire federal government could be irreparably harmed if this is not stopped.

“America’s civil service is a merit system protected from corruption by due process rights for federal employees. Corrupting the civil service by reclassifying professional jobs into Schedule F is against the interests of American citizens who expect that federal employees be hired solely based on their ability to carry out the duties of their position. In a recent Wall Street Journal poll, more than 60% of voters said they are opposed to Trump firing career civil-service workers and replacing them with hand-picked appointees.

“AFGE urges Congress to intervene immediately to stop Schedule F. Every American has a stake in ensuring that federal employees remain free to carry out the mission of the agencies that employ them without fear of political interference.”

Finally, see this additional statement from AFGE for information on the hiring freeze and closure of DEI programs.