Vancouver, BC – Airport screeners at Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia, represented by the IAMAW have a new collective agreement with Aeroguard.
“This was a very difficult round of bargaining, during a very stressful time for our members,” explained IAMAW District General Chairperson Tania Canniff. “Their employer has been instructed by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to do more with less, which recently resulted in layoffs of 120 of our members. The Committee worked hard on behalf of their Brothers and Sisters and can be proud of all they accomplished.”
The agreement provides for a 3 per cent wage increase retroactive to April 1, 2011. Other agreement highlights include :
• Increased health and welfare benefit funding and improved remittance reporting
• Improved access to provincial healthcare coverage
• Restrictions on production of medical documentation
• Expanded fulltime representation to two positions (employer funded)
• Improved language on representational issues
• Reduction in probationary requirements
• Arbitration language clarification
• Bereavement Leave improvements including expanded definition of immediate family
• Commitments on the IAM National Pension Plan
• Improved investigation timelines for Human Rights Complaints
• Improved notification timelines for hours of work and overtime as well as improvements in clarification for overtime solicitation
“Best of all, in the current economic climate our members face, we achieved these improvements without giving up anything in return,” said Canniff proudly.
The IAMAW represents more than 1250 security screeners at ten airports in British Columbia and two in Saskatchewan.
“This was a very difficult round of bargaining, during a very stressful time for our members,” explained IAMAW District General Chairperson Tania Canniff. “Their employer has been instructed by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to do more with less, which recently resulted in layoffs of 120 of our members. The Committee worked hard on behalf of their Brothers and Sisters and can be proud of all they accomplished.”
The agreement provides for a 3 per cent wage increase retroactive to April 1, 2011. Other agreement highlights include :
• Increased health and welfare benefit funding and improved remittance reporting
• Improved access to provincial healthcare coverage
• Restrictions on production of medical documentation
• Expanded fulltime representation to two positions (employer funded)
• Improved language on representational issues
• Reduction in probationary requirements
• Arbitration language clarification
• Bereavement Leave improvements including expanded definition of immediate family
• Commitments on the IAM National Pension Plan
• Improved investigation timelines for Human Rights Complaints
• Improved notification timelines for hours of work and overtime as well as improvements in clarification for overtime solicitation
“Best of all, in the current economic climate our members face, we achieved these improvements without giving up anything in return,” said Canniff proudly.
The IAMAW represents more than 1250 security screeners at ten airports in British Columbia and two in Saskatchewan.