From left, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Chairman of the Japan Federation of Aviation Workers’ Unions (KOHKUREN) and IAM Transportation General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. sign a historic alliance agreement at KOHKUREN’s National Convention in Japan.
The IAM is the first North American transportation union to enter into an alliance agreement with the Japan Federation of Aviation Workers' Unions (KOHKUREN), the largest federation of air transport workers in Japan. Both the IAM and KOHKUREN represent workers at the same airlines, including Northwest/Delta, United, Continental and others.
