December 2011

Vancouver, BC – There will not be a Christmas strike at British Airways. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ratified a new three-year agreement. A strike could have placed British Airways flights from Vancouver and Calgary in jeopardy over the Christmas holidays. The members, employed as ticket agents in Vancouver and Calgary were in a legal strike position December 19. “Monetary issues and mandatory overtime after

North Bay, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2412 employed by Atlas Copco, have a new collective agreement. “We made some concessions on dental coverage and brand name drug prescriptions but in return we made a significant gain in our pensions plan,” explained IAM Grand Lodge Special Representative Gary Hynes. The four-year agreement provides wage increases of 60 cents/hour in each of the first three years and 85 cents/hour

Ottawa, ON – The Machinists Union has its third organizing win in as many months in the healthcare sector in Ottawa. The IAMAW District 78 organizing team of Scott Jackson and Roy Bhansingh won a unanimous organizing vote at the Belcourt Manor Retirement home in the Ottawa suburb of Orleans. “These workers were well aware of our recent victories in Ottawa,” said IAMAW District 78 Organizer Scott Jackson. “They want

Mississauga, ON – The 45 members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1922 have a new four-year collective agreement with the City of Mississauga. “This was a very tough round of bargaining with this employer considering the current climate of cost reductions in public services,” explained IAMAW District Lodge 78 Business Representative Derek Ferguson. The agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in the first year retroactive to April 1, 2011,