Thursday March 14, 2019 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1922 have ratified a new collective agreement with NACCA (National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association). The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 1.75 per cent in the first year, 1.5 per cent in the second year and 1.75 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include: • Members now provided with four personal days
Thursday March 14, 2019 For Immediate Release Nanaimo, BC – Workers at the British Columbia Vehicle Processing Centre have joined the IAM and ratified their first collective agreement. The BC Vehicle Processing Centre opened in January and processes Mercedes Benz vehicles to bring them up to Canadian standards before they go to dealerships on Vancouver Island, the lower mainland and Western Canada. “The developers of the facility wanted a union
Wednesday March 13, 2019 For Immediate Release Calgary, AB – Airport Terminal Services (ATS) workers in Calgary and Edmonton have gone weeks without pay thanks to a new payroll service provider. “We have members who haven’t been paid in a month,” explained a frustrated Keith Aiken – IAM Transportation District Lodge 140 General Chairperson. “Ever since the company began using a new payroll service provider at the start of January
Wednesday March 13, 2019 For Immediate Release Fort McKay, AB – Workers at Weldco Heavy Industries are the newest members of IAM Local Lodge 99. “The solidarity of these workers to achieve fairness in the workplace was overwhelming,” explained IAM District Lodge 14 Business Representative Matt Barnable. “We got this lead from one of our Chief Stewards at Kal Tire who knew some workers that needed help. We had a
Monday March 11, 2019 For Immediate Release Markham, On – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2113 have ratified a new three year collective agreement with Veoneer Canada Inc. The collective agreement has a two tier wage system which provides wage and pension increases for tier one workers of a lump sum in the first year and a total of 3.75 per cent increase in years two and three. The tier
Toronto, ON – March is International Women’s month and Friday March 8th is International Women’s Day. Since the first International Women’s Day in 1911, the idea has become a global phenomenon, IWD is not a country, group or organization, rather it’s a collective effort of all of those who care about human rights. One of the strongest supporters of human rights is organized labour. The female members of the IAM
Wednesday March 6, 2019 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – For the second time in less than a week, the IAM has won starting wage rates of $15.00 from a service company at Ottawa International Airport. The members of IAM Local Lodge 2413 have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Menzies Aviation Canada Ltd. “This raises the floor of wages at the Ottawa Airport period,” said an elated
Balance for real change – It’s everyone’s business The first International Women’s Day occurred in 1911, supported by over one million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific. Gloria Steinem, world-renowned feminist, journalist and activist once explained “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the collective efforts of
Peterborough, ON – “This employer is on board with the IAM Report on a National Aerospace Strategy, they will endorse it,” said a satisfied IAM Canada Chief of Staff Gord Falconer. He made the comment after touring Safran Electronics and Defense facility in Peterborough and Safran Landing Systems plant in Ajax. The tour by Falconer, IAM Research Director Ivana Saula – author of the report – IAM Grand Lodge Representative
Tuesday March 5, 2019 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – Contract proposals were exchanged between the IAM Technical Maintenance & Operational Support (TMOS) Bargaining Unit and Air Canada today. “Make no mistake, the pension cap increase is a key element that needs to be resolved during these negotiations,” explained IAM Canadian General Vice President Stan Pickthall. “This is a priority as the current pension cap is an encroachment on their
