June 19, 2012

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