May 3, 2012

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. “But we have a problem because the federal government has to

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