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Wednesday July 1, 2009 For Immediate Release Toronto, On – The IAMAW membership employed by Air Canada has narrowly rejected the tentative agreement that was reached in early June, following a week-long voting process across the country. While Finance and Clerical divisions were overwhelmingly in favour of their collective agreements, the members of Technical Maintenance and Operational Services division – which include heavy and line maintenance mechanics, millwrights, baggage and

For Immediate Release Montréal, QC – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1660 employed in the workshop of Avery Weigh-Tronix, have narrowly accepted a new one-year collective agreement. Machinists employed at the Avery Weigh Tronix Service Centre in Québec City have rejected the company’s last offer and voted 100 per cent in favour of strike action. The new one-year agreement in Montréal provides for a ten dollar increase in the safety

Tuesday June 23, 2009 For Immediate Release Sarnia, ON – Employees of Voyageur Patient Transfer Services are the latest workers from the health care sector to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. “These people were aware of the growing number of Patient Transfer Workers who have joined the Machinists for better representation, wages and benefits,” said IAMAW District Lodge 78 Organizer Scott Jackson. “There is a great

Friday June 5, 2009 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Air Canada’s largest union, says it is willing to work with newly appointed mediator James Farley. Farley, a former Ontario Supreme Court judge who presided over the airline’s court-protected restructuring in 2003 and 2004, has been appointed by Ottawa to help mediate the pension dispute between Air Canada and its unions and

Friday May 29, 2009 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – Air Canada’s largest union says the company must change the way it operates if it wants an agreement! That’s the consensus from the three bargaining committees of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers who are meeting with company officials today. “There has to be paradigm shift by the management of Air Canada and the Board of Directors of