Friday February 21, 2014 For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC – United Airlines is pulling out of Canada and will outsource its Canadian operations effective May 1, 2014. “This move is absolutely disgusting,” declared an angry IAM District Lodge 140 President and Directing Chairperson Fred Hospes. “These people took concessions to keep this airline airborne and this is how they’re repaid. We’ll do whatever it takes to protect
Friday February 14, 2014 For Immediate Release Mississauga, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1295 have ratified their first collective agreement with Staybridge Suites Hotel. “This is a great first agreement for these workers,” said IAM District Lodge 78 Business Representative Kim Valliere. “This collective agreement is example of what a union can do for workers when given the opportunity.” The three-year agreement
Friday February 14, 2014 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers says Bill C-525 is a move in the wrong direction and is urging the House of Commons to reject it. “When workers wish to better their working lives by joining a union, they are being bullied, harassed, intimidated and even fired on the job by their employers
Thursday February 13, 2014 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2413 have ratified their first collective agreement with ASIG Ground Handling Canada Ltd (formerly Dryden Air Services). “There were some tense moments during our organizing campaign for this group,” explained IAM District Lodge 140 General Chairperson Mike Corrado. “Eventually the new owner wisely agreed to work with us and once
Thursday February 13, 2014 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – The International Association of Machinists (IAM) and the United Steelworkers (USW) say the Harper government is costing Canadian travelers time and money to reduce the federal deficit. According to government figures, Air Traveler Security Charges (ATSCs) – the fees everyone who boards an aircraft in Canada pays to cover the costs of security screening – will generate
OXFAM thanks IAM Canada The Executive Director of Oxfam Canada, Robert Fox, presented IAM Canada with a commemorative plaque in recognition of the Union’s contribution towards Oxfam’s relief and reconstruction work in areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013. Joining IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie in accepting the honour were members of the IAM Canada Philippine community. (Left to right) Manny Crescencia, Angeles
Wednesday February 5, 2014 For Immediate Release Winnipeg, MB – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2413 have ratified a new collective agreement with Bearskin Airlines. “I’m proud to say that close to 90 per cent of the overall membership stationed at Kitchener Waterloo, Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout and Winnipeg participated in the ratification process,” explained IAM District Lodge 140 General Chairperson Mike Corrado. The three-year agreement
Tuesday February 4, 2014 For Immediate Release Pinawa, MB – Members of IAM Local Lodge 608 have ratified a new collective agreement with the Local Government District of Pinawa. “The members knew what they wanted and they achieved it,” explained IAM District Lodge 181 Directing Business Representative Wayne Relf. “They were satisfied with their current benefits package and felt wage increases was the way to
FILIPINO WORKERS DEPORTED IN ‘SAUDISATION’ FALL-OUT By Estrella Torres The Saudi government’s nitaqat or ‘Saudisation’ policy may have created jobs for Saudi citizens, but its implementation continues to bring great misery to undocumented foreign workers. A woman calls on the Filipino government to help her sister Maria, a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia, get repatriated to the Philippines during a demonstration in Manila on 19 April, 2013 (AP
Pressure on Cambodia’s government to respect workers’ rights is mounting, with the ITUC, Global Union Federations UNI and IndustriALL and 30 major retail and garment companies calling on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to launch an investigation into the killing and wounding of striking workers on 2 and 3 January, and to respect fundamental workers’ rights, including freedom of association, and set up a proper process for setting the minimum
