Remember those Porter Airlines workers who have been on strike since 10 January? How the employer was offering tiny or no wage increases and no improvements to the workers’ (and by extension all our) safety? To that anti-union behaviour you can add the fact that Porter is listed as a user of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (see HERE). As is now well-known, thanks to a few brave RBC
Mardi 9 avril 2013 À publier immédiatement Ottawa, ON – Les membres de la section locale 412 de l’AIM ont ratifié une nouvelle convention collective de cinq ans avec B.A. International Incorporated. La nouvelle entente concède une prime à la signature de 1 000 $ ainsi que des augmentations de salaire de 2 % la première année, de 2 % la deuxième année, de 2,5
Tuesday April 9, 2013 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 412 have ratified a five-year collective agreement with B.A. International Incorporated. The new agreement provides a $1,000.00 signing bonus and wage increases of 2 per cent in the first year, 2 per cent in the second year, 2.5 per cent in the third year, 2.5 per cent in the
Tuesday April 9, 2013 For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 16, employed by Servisair, has ratified a new collective agreement. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 1 per cent retroactive to September 1, 2012, in the first year, 3 per cent in the second year and 1 per cent in the third year. The agreement also provides a
Wednesday April 3, 2013 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – A new contract awarded to Airport Operational Support Services at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, means job security for 170 members of IAM Local Lodge 2323. “Contract renewal for employers always makes workers a bit nervous so this is great news for our members knowing that they will have job security for the next three years,” explained IAM District
Equal Pay Day • April 9 • TAKE ACTION! In Ontario, women are “in the red” because they continue to earn on average 28 percent less than men for work of equal value. This wage gap is even more stark for racialized women, women with disabilities and Aboriginal women. The Ontario Federation of Labour is working with the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition to change that. We are raising awareness about
Montréal, QC – One hundred thirty Passenger Service Department employees of Swissport Canada Handling Incorporated at Pierre Eliot Trudeau International Airport have joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). “We organized 60 Swissport ramp workers here five years ago,” explained IAM District Lodge 140 Organizer Robert Savoie. “The Passenger Service employees were looking for better working conditions and a better salary. They saw how well
Tuesday March 26, 2013 For Immediate Release Mississauga, On –The 40 members of IAM Local Lodge 1922 employed by Filamat Composites Inc. have ratified a new three-year collective agreement. The agreement provides for wage increases of 2.5% in the first year, 2.5% in the second year, and 2% in the third year. Other monetary improvements include a $ .05 per hour pension increase in the second and third year respectively.
February 2013 To: Staff, Districts and Local Lodges in Canada Re: 17th Annual Dave Ritchie Invitational Golf Tournament Saturday, June 8, 2013 – Remington Parkview Golf & Country Club I am pleased to announce that we will be holding our 17th Annual Invitational Golf Tournament for Guide Dogs Saturday, June 8, 2013. I trust your District and Local Lodge will join us again this year in our efforts
CAW, CUPE, IAMAW Joint Statement on Air Canada Pension Relief Announcement March 15, 2013 As the unions representing the majority of Air Canada’s workers, we are pleased the federal government has agreed to allow Air Canada further relief from its solvency pension funding obligations. Basically, the proposal from the Minister of Finance would extend and modify the special regulations expiring January 30, 2014, which allow Air Canada to contribute to
