Machinists’ News

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

Ma première réaction à la décision des conservateurs de réduire les prestations de la Sécurité de la vieillesse et du Supplément de revenu garanti a été de la considérer comme une attaque contre les personnes âgées. Cependant, je suis plutôt d’avis que le gouvernement a choisi de s’attaquer aux jeunes et aux pauvres. De 2023 à 2029, l’âge d’admissibilité aux prestations de la SV et du SRG sera progressivement haussé

My first reaction to the Conservatives’ reduction in old age security and guaranteed income supplement benefits was to see it as an attack on seniors, but it really is an attack on the young and the poor. Moving back eligibility for OAS/GIS benefits from age 65 to age 67 will only be phased in between 2023 and 2029, so it will have no direct effect on anybody currently 54 or