Montréal, QC – membres de l’AIM employés par Air Transat ont ratifié une nouvelle entente de cinq ans collective avec leur employeur. “Après leurs résultats du deuxième trimestre est entré, Air Transat a demandé que tous les employés syndiqués des salaires gelés jusqu’en 2016», a expliqué sa retraite IAM district 140, président général Georges Bujold. “Nos membres ont convenu de le gel jusqu’en 2016 à condition que nous avions la
On April 26, Members of Parliament will begin debating Motion M-312, which calls for a Parliamentary Committee to examine whether the Criminal Code definition of "human being" should be expanded to include fetuses. This threatens to allow, through the back door, a recriminalization of abortion, as well as deny the constitutional rights of pregnant women. The motion is scheduled for one hour of debate on April 26, with a further
David Emerson, P.C., O.B.C. Head Aerospace Review 235 Queen Street, Room 141-F Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5 Dear Mr. Emerson: The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) is a union representing over 10,000 workers in the Canadian aerospace industry, employed by several firms across the country, including Bombardier, Rolls Royce, Magellan, AvCorp, Messier-Dowty and Arnprior Aerospace. We are pleased to offer our views to the review commission, even
Tuesday June 12, 2012 To all IAM Members in Canada RE: The new IAM Canadian Journal and APP Dear Sisters and Brothers, Good things take time and in the case of the new IAM Canada Journal app, I believe that phrase applies. I am pleased to announce that the new IAM Canada Journal app is available for your viewing on your iPAD or Android tablet With
It has been nearly 35 years since the first ever Rainbow, or Pride, Flag was raised as a symbol of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Two-spirited and Queer (LGBTQ) pride, liberation and diversity. The flag was created to commemorate Harvey Milk, an LGBTQ activist from San Francisco, USA who was assassinated. It first debuted in the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade and has since been adopted as
The Conservative Budget Implementation Act 2012 is a “trojan horse” bill sneaking in hundreds of pages of harmful new measures that: gut environmental protection; threaten fisheries and other resources; cut public pensions and job standards; reduce democratic accountability; and undermine public health care. The Conservatives rejected our NDP proposal to split this massive 425-page bill to permit study and debate. So as your Official Opposition, we are holding our own
Partners for Mental Health, an independent registered charity, is a national organization dedicated to “supercharging” a social movement that will transform the way Canadians think and act towards their own mental health, and towards people living with a mental health problem or illness. In partnership with others, we will empower and mobilize Canadians to take action that will: Encourage people to pay more attention to their own mental health and
