Tuesday September 23, 2008 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – Employees of Blok-Lok Metal Fabrication are the newest members of IAMAW Local Lodge 235. “It was a short two-week organizing campaign in which the workers made it very clear they wanted better treatment and better wages,” explained IAMAW District 78 Organizer Scott Jackson. “The company tried to talk the employees out of joining our union but the workers were determined
Tuesday September 16, 2008 For Immediate Release Hamilton, ON – A lack of employer respect and continual staff shortages at Hamilton International Airport were the key factors for Swissport employees joining the IAMAW. The 35 new members include lead hands and station attendants employed by Swissport to provide aircraft handling services for West Jet, Sky Service and Globe Span aircraft. “We have been talking to these workers for almost a
Le mardi 16 septembre 2008 À publier immédiatement Hamilton, ON – Le manque de respect de leur employeur et des pénuries permanentes de personnel à l’Aéroport international d’Hamilton auront été les facteurs clés pour convaincre des employés de Swissport d’adhérer à l’AIMTA. Les 35 nouveaux membres sont des chefs d’équipe et des préposés d’escale à l’emploi de Swissport. Ils assurent des services de manutention à bord d’appareils exploités par West
Monday August 25, 2008 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2913 have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Smarte Carte Canada Incorporated. The new agreement provides each member with a signing bonus of $500.00 and a wage increase of $ .50/hour upon ratification and wage increases of $ .50/hour on March 15, 2009 and March 15, 2010 respectively. “These negotiations began in February
Le lundi 25 août 2008 À publier immédiatement Toronto, ON – Les membres de la section locale 2913 de l’AIMTA ont ratifié par une majorité écrasante une nouvelle convention collective d’une durée de trois ans avec Smarte Carte Canada Inc. La nouvelle entente concède à chaque membre une prime à la signature de 500 $ et des augmentations de salaire de 0,50 $ l’heure à la ratification et de 0,50
IAM Successful – Air Canada Must Talk! Tuesday July 29, 2008 For Immediate Release Toronto, On – Under pressure from the IAM and other unions, Labour Minister Jean Pierre Blackburn has denied Air Canada’s request for a waiver under the Canada Labour Code. That waiver would have allowed Air Canada to lay off more than two thousand of its employees November 1, 2008 without implementing a joint union-company committee prior
Le mardi 29 juillet 2008 À publier immédiatement Toronto, ON – Suite aux pressions exercées par l’AIM et d’autres syndicats, le ministre fédéral du Travail, Jean-Pierre Blackburn, a rejeté la demande d’Air Canada d’être exemptée des exigences stipulées dans le Code canadien du travail. Si elle avait été accordée, cette exemption aurait permis à Air Canada de mettre à pied plus de 2000 employés le 1er novembre 2008 sans devoir
Friday July 25, 2008 For Immediate Release Cambridge, On – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2330 have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Dana Corporation, Thermal Products Division. Dana Corporation has just emerged from Chapter 11 in the United States and has been imposing many concessions during bargaining throughout the corporation. It came to the table looking for much of the same from the workers at the Cambridge facility.
Le vendredi 25 juillet 2008 À publier immédiatement Cambridge, ON – Les membres de la section locale 2330 de l’AIMTA ont ratifié une nouvelle convention collective d’une durée de trois ans les liant à la division des produits thermiques de Dana Corporation. Aux États-Unis, la protection de la loi sur les faillites dont bénéficiait Dana Corporation venait d’être levée et la société cherchait à imposer de nombreuses concessions dans le
Thursday July 25, 2008 For Immediate Release Montréal, QC – For the second time in less than two months the IAMAW has expanded its representation in the aerospace industry with a new application for certification for workers of CPS Industries, near Dorval Airport. On March 1, 2008, IAMAW District 11 signed a service contract with an independent union – Employees Association of CPS Industries. The Stewards and Officers of the
