Tuesday June 30, 2015 For Immediate Release Dorval, QC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2468 have ratified a new collective agreement with Siemens Canada. The three – year agreement provides wage increase of 2 per cent in the first year, 2.5 per cent in the second year and 2.5 per cent in the third year along with a $1,000 signing bonus. Other agreement highlights include :
A White Glove Affair: Left to right, IAM Canadian GVP Dave Ritchie , Stratford Perth Museum Curator Micaela Fitzsimmons and IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger don white gloves to handle the first minutes book – circa 1890 – from the first Canadian Local Lodge 103. The book is on permanent display at the Museum, it was loaned to the Ontario Provincial Council of Machinists to celebrate 125 years of the
The Gulf States are among the world’s worst countries for workers’ rights, while workers under European austerity measures endured the starkest deterioration of standards, according to the 2015 Global Rights Index. The ITUC rights index ranks 141 countries against 97 internationally recognised indicators to assess where workers’ rights are best protected, in law and in practice. “Workers in the Gulf States where the draconian ‘kafala’ system is
Les États du Golfe figurent parmi les pires pays au monde pour les droits des travailleurs, alors que les travailleurs touchés par les mesures d’austérité en Europe ont été confrontés à la détérioration la plus marquée des normes du travail, selon l’Indice CSI des droits dans le monde 2015. L’Indice CSI des droits dans le monde classe 141 pays à partir de 97 indicateurs internationalement reconnus, afin de
Let me show you my new house – IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie (left) and IAM District Lodge 14 Directing Business Representative Bob McKinnon (right) join newly elected Alberta MLA and IAM Local Lodge 1681 member Jamie Kleinsteuber, in front of his new house, the Alberta Legislative buildings in downtown Edmonton. Kleinsteuber was one of nine trade unionists elected under the NDP banner in the May 5, 2015
Friday June 5, 2015 For Immediate Release Kingston, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 54 have ratified a new collective agreement with Novelis Incorporated Kingston Works. The three year agreement provides wage increases of 3 per cent in each year. Other agreement highlights include : • Shift premiums increase from $ .60 to $ .75/hour in the first year and from $ .75 to $ .90/hour
Friday June 5, 2015 For Immediate Release Arnprior, On – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1542 have ratified a new collective agreement with Hypernetics Canada, a division of Plaintree Systems Incorporated. The five-year agreement provides wage increases of 1.5 per cent in each of the first three years, 2 per cent in the fourth year and 2.5 per cent in the fifth year. Other agreement highlights
Members of Lodge 2413 demonstrate against Air Canada's cancellation of fuel contracts. See more photos below the article text. Toronto, ON – Members of the IAM Local Lodge 2413, with support from other Machinist locals were soliciting public support on the airport strip in their fight to save the jobs of refueling workers at Toronto Pearson and Montreal Trudeau International Airports. An airline consortium headed up by Air Canada has
St. Thomas, ON – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of former Grand Lodge Representative Jim Nugent, June 3, 2015. ‘We have lost a great machinist and trade unionist,” said a saddened IAM Canadian GVP Dave Ritchie. “He was a tireless worker on behalf of our members, we will miss him.” Nugent, a tool and die maker from St. Thomas, Ontario, joined the IAM in 1967.
