Each year the Machinist Union joins with Labour Nationally and Labour accredited Health and Safety agencies nation wide in the effort to remember those tragically killed or maimed in the course of employment and, just as importantly, to continue to highlight the carnage and personal loss created by workplace accidents and disease. These efforts are critical to enhancing public awareness for our collective efforts to save lives and protect workers
Good day to all. You will find below the question Local Lodge 1751 would like you to send to the media for the “Leaders’ Debate”: “Air Canada has sold all of its Overhaul Centres in Canada, which contravenes the Air Canada Public Participation Act. This will cause the loss of 4,500 direct jobs and more than 23,000 indirect jobs in Canada. What will you do to reinforce the Act and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Hv0tMtoKo Reportage de Nouvelles du Réseau FOX http://www.twu.org/downloadable/TWUAirMaintReport.pdf TWU Report http://twu514.org/blog/2011/04/06/twu-report-highlights-gaps-in-security-safety-of-aircraft-maintenance/ TWU article on their report
Thu. March 31, 2011 IAM/TCU President Bob Scardelletti holds up his winning ticket in the drawing for a 2012 Bombardier Can-Am Roadster. Scardelletti then donated the three-wheeled motorcycle back to the Grand Lodge Host Committee to be raffled off again. More than 300 delegates and guests at the 2011 MNPL Planning Committee Meeting in Albuquerque, NM held their breath as IAM President Tom Buffenbarger called out the winning number in
It is yet another work day. For the 17 million members that make up our workforce it will be another day at work — like the many before and the many ahead…if you have a job. For nearly 20% of our workforce, namely the racialized workers, today is very significant. Today represents another day in our on-going struggle to end racism in our workplaces, community, and country. The Canadian Labour
The Quebec Provincial Budget for 2011/2012 includes a section entitled “A Stronger Retirement Income System – Meeting the Expectations of Quebecers of Every Generation”. The content of the Liberal Government’s proposals doesn’t live up to the title. Employee and employer contributions to the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) will be increased over a 6 year period to a rate of 10.8% of covered earnings (5.4% from each side, compared to the
In light of Air Canada’s recent press release about the CCAA plan and the Air Canada Public Participation Act (ACPPA), the IAMAW thought it might be helpful to inform the membership about some of the features of the CCAA process and plan. Here are some details: The Plan included “a new corporate structure”, which is described in the related Circular as follows: “The new business plan contemplates a new corporate structure
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women’s Day: 100 years onThe first International Women’s Day commemorated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857. But what established the modern celebration of International Women’s Day in history, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York on 25 March 1911 that killed 146 young women workers, most of whom were immigrants. From the ashes of that tragic
