Wednesday November 19, 2014 For Immediate Release Duncan, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 692 have ratified a new collective agreement with Pro Mac Manufacturing. The members are traditionally the highest paid on Vancouver Island and this agreement maintains that distinction. The agreement provides wage increases of 3 per cent the first year, 2.5 per cent the second year and 2 per cent in the
Wednesday November 19, 2014 For Immediate Release Victoria, BC – A strike mandate of 87 per cent by members of IAM Local Lodge 456 gave impetus to a new collective agreement with Wheaton Chevrolet. “It took six months of bargaining and talks bogged down in September over the issue of bumping but the strike mandate had the desired effect,” explained IAM District Lodge 250 Business Representative
Wednesday November 19, 2014 For Immediate Release London, UK – The Civil Aviation section of the International Transportation Workers Federation (ITF) has appointed IAM Canadian Airline Coordinator Carlos DaCosta, as Coordinator of its MRO Committee. The appointment was made at a recent ITF Civil Aviation conference. “The ITF needed someone with a maintenance background and was familiar with the ITF, to coordinate their Maintenance Repair and
Labour Not Sold Yet Andrea Horwath lives to fight another day as leader of the Ontario NDP. She promised delegates at a Toronto convention to do a better job by reaching out to unions and returning to the party’s socialist values. IAM delegates to the Ontario NDP convention in November. Front row, left to right: Plutarco (Chico) Pacheco, Retiree Political Action Committee; Christina De Oliveria, IAM LL 1295; Robert
Wednesday October 22, 2014 For Immediate Release Hamilton, ON – Employees of the Days Inn in the Steel City voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining the IAM. ‘From the beginning these workers knew that getting a union could help them in their workplace,” said IAM Grand Lodge Special Representative Scott Jackson. “I can’t say enough about the great work of IAM District Lodge 78 organizers Rob
Monday October 20, 2014 For Immediate Release Richmond Hill, ON – Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada, Service Department and Warehouse personnel, members of IAM Local Lodge 235, have ratified a new collective agreement. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 1.75 per cent in each of the first two years and 2 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include : • Pension increases of .25 per cent in
3 October, 2014 Subj: 2014 IAM Newsletter & Website Contest To All District Lodge Presidents and Secretary-Treasurers, Local Lodge Presidents and Recording Secretaries, TCU Carmen Division Officers, National Representatives, Assistant National Representatives and Local Lodge Officers Dear Brothers and Sisters: This is the official announcement of the 2014 IAM Newsletter & Website Contest. It is open to all local and district lodges in good standing
Monday October 6, 2014 For Immediate Release Thunder Bay, On – Management’s last minute removal of a monetary cap on short-term benefits and bargaining concessions for new hires, narrowly avoided strike action, by members of IAM Local Lodge 1120 at Lakehead Motors. “Our members were adamant about these issues,” explained IAM Local Lodge 1120 Directing Business Representative Pete Topetto. “We had the picket signs ready to
OCTOBER 1, 2014 (Ottawa, ON) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) will be reading this Statement on October 4th 2014 as part of the Sisters In Spirit Vigil—A Movement for Social Change: October 4th is a day when we honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls and support families who have been tragically touched by the loss of a loved one to violence.
Toronto (30 Sept. 2014) — Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are back at it again. They are bringing back Bill C-377 after it got roundly criticised in the Senate and sent back to the House for changes last year. Both Conservative and Liberal Senators sent back Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for labour organizations), back to the government for major amendments, yet Harper
