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Mississauga, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1922 have ratified their first collective agreement with Dylatech Incorporated.
The agreement provides three incremental wage increases in the first year of $ .20/hour,
$ .30/hour, and $ .30/hour respectively. The second year has three incremental wage increases of $ .20/hour for a total of $1.40/hour over the life of the agreement. The current average wage is $11.00/hour.
Other agreement highlights include:
* A contribution of $ .50/hour to the IAM Pension Plan
* Five sick days
* Additional vacation time
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Toronto, ON – “Unless the federal government and Air Canada become part of the solution, Canada will lose a strategic industry,” said IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie.
Until its operations ceased on March 19, 2012, Aveos was the largest commercial aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operator in Canada with facilities in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Mississauga and Montreal.
Thunder Bay, ON – “It has been a long road to reach industry wage equality for the IAM members employed at Wasaya Airways and this new collective agreement is a good next step,” explained IAM District Lodge 140 General Chairperson Tony Didoshak. “These workers are still grossly underpaid compared to other similar operators in the industry.”
The first collective agreement provided an average wage increase of 10 per cent over the two-year period giving some members an increase of $4.00 an hour with benefits fully paid by the employer.