In 2022, the Machinist District Lodge 9 had 13 representatives that were highly compensated making over $125,000 per year not including benefits and pension. All of the Organizers and most of the Field Representatives on their employee list make 6-figure incomes. None of these salary figures include car, phone or other expense allowances.
As is typical of all unions, the IAM is in business to find members and increase dues (revenue).
The chart at the right is based on a IAM LM-2 (their financial report). This is where all the dues money (along with fines, fees and other assessments) collected from the IAM goes. And speaking of dues and spending trends, take a look at the image below!
The IAM Headquarters
An old adage reminds us to “choose our friends wisely.”
You need to decide who you want looking out for you – who will work the hardest on your behalf. Is it the people you know and work with, who may not always be perfect, but who are on the same team as you, committed to resolving issues, and making you successful in what you do? Successful employees lead to satisfied customers, which leads to a better US Foods and job security for all of us.
Or is it the union, who doesn’t really know much about you or what you contribute? Who is more concerned about building their business than contributing to your success. Who has a track record of trying to hurt US Foods and our customers.
You should find out how satisfied others are with this union’s results on their behalf.
One way is to ask to see recent contracts they have bargained, in this economy and this market. Don’t settle for seeing contracts they bargained years ago in different markets and in a different economy.
Another indication is how many Unfair Labor Practice charges have been filed against them. Over the last 10 years this totals 7,132, for an average of about 713 ULPs per year. That’s some serious misbehaving!
They have also averaged about 29 strikes per year during that same period. Fifteen of those strikes were over 100 days long, and two of them were over 650 days – just a couple of months less than 2 years long! That’s quite a while to be without a paycheck.