June 2012

Dorval, QC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1758 have ratified a new collective agreement with Héroux-Devtek. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 2.5 per cent in the first year and 3 per cent in each of the second and third year respectively. Other agreement highlights include : • RRSP contribution increases by .25 per cent in last year of agreement • Increased safety shoe allowance • Compensation of one

Montréal, QC – The members of IAM Local Lodge 712 have ratified a new 5-year collective agreement with L-3 MAS Canada Inc. The new agreement will provide wage increases of 2 per cent in a forfeiter amount in the first year, 2 per cent in the second and third year, 2.25 per cent in the fourth year and 2.5 per cent in the fifth year. Other agreement highlights include : •

Toronto, ON – “To say that we’re disappointed in the arbitrator’s award would be an understatement,” said a dejected IAM District Lodge 140 President Chuck Atkinson. He was reacting to the decision handed down Sunday by Mr Michel Picher in the final offer selection arbitration conducted in accordance with Bill C-33, the process legislated by the federal government in the Protecting Air Service Act. The arbitrator’s selection of Air Canada’s

Kingston, ON – Members of IAM Local 54 walked off the job at midnight Sunday and set up picket lines outside the Novelis plant. “The membership exercised their legal right to reject a tentative agreement presented June 16, 2012 in Kingston Ontario,” said IAM Grand Lodge Representative Bill Shipman. The 47 members consist of provincially certified millwrights and electricians. In 2008 the membership settled for a three-year agreement with no

Edmonton, AB – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1722 have ratified a new collective agreement with Strongco Corporation by a margin of 97 per cent. The three-year agreement provides wage increases in the first year of 9 per cent for service personnel and 11 per cent for parts personnel, 6 per cent in the second year for both groups and 4 per cent in the third year for both groups.

Toronto, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1922 have ratified a new collective agreement with Univar Canada Limited. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 2.5 per cent in each year of the agreement. Other agreement highlights include : • A $1,200.00 lump sum payment upon ratification • Enhanced bereavement language • A no-deductible prescription drug benefit card • Increased safety boot allowance “This agreement would not have been possible

Toronto, ON – “I’m calling on all opposition MPs to walk out of the house and not participate in the voting on Bill C-38,” said IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie. Bill C-38, the ‘Jobs Growth and Long Term Prosperity Act’, or budget implementation bill, contains not just budget measures but numerous significant amendments to legislation affecting everything from environmental assessments to pensions. “Mr Harper may have the majority