Tuesday June 30, 2015 For Immediate Release Dorval, QC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2468 have ratified a new collective agreement with Siemens Canada. The three – year agreement provides wage increase of 2 per cent in the first year, 2.5 per cent in the second year and 2.5 per cent in the third year along with a $1,000 signing bonus. Other agreement highlights include :
Friday June 5, 2015 For Immediate Release Kingston, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 54 have ratified a new collective agreement with Novelis Incorporated Kingston Works. The three year agreement provides wage increases of 3 per cent in each year. Other agreement highlights include : • Shift premiums increase from $ .60 to $ .75/hour in the first year and from $ .75 to $ .90/hour
Friday June 5, 2015 For Immediate Release Arnprior, On – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1542 have ratified a new collective agreement with Hypernetics Canada, a division of Plaintree Systems Incorporated. The five-year agreement provides wage increases of 1.5 per cent in each of the first three years, 2 per cent in the fourth year and 2.5 per cent in the fifth year. Other agreement highlights
Thursday June 4, 2015 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – The members of IAM Local Lodge 412 have overwhelmingly ratified a new collective agreement with Canadian Bank Note. The six-year agreement provides wage increases of 2.5 per cent in the first year retroactive to January 1, 2015, 2 per cent in years 2,3,4 and 5 respectively and 2.5 per cent in the sixth year. Other agreement highlights
Tuesday May 19, 2015 For Immediate Release Toronto, On – Airport Pre-Board Screening Officers at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, members of IAM Local Lodge 2921, have ratified a new collective agreement with Garda World Security Corporation. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in the first year plus an $800 bonus, 2.25 per cent in the second year and 2.5 per cent in
Friday May 8, 2015 For Immediate Release Toronto, On – The members of IAM Local Lodge 235 have ratified a new collective agreement with the Toronto Star. The five-year agreement provides wage increases of 1 per cent in year one and two respectively, 1.5 per cent in years three and year four and 1.75 per cent in the fifth year. Other agreement highlights include : •
Thursday May 7, 2015 For Immediate Release Toronto, On – Air Canada walked away from long-term agreements with aviation fuel providers in Montreal and Toronto this week. When it was joined by West Jet, Air Transat and others, it meant the dismantling of the Canadian airline fuel consortium and the loss of hundreds of good paying jobs. “Consolidated Aviation Fueling informed me, that three years ago Air
Thursday April 30, 2015 For Immediate Release Flin Flon, MB – Negotiations between the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and Hudbay failed because management never wavered from their opening stance, leaving the workers with only one option – strike! Members of IAM Local Lodge 1848 will set up picket lines at Hudbay operations in Flin Flon and Snow Lake at noon Saturday, May 2, 2015.
Tuesday April 14, 2015 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1922 have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Univar Canada. The nine members are supervisors at the industrial solvent distributor’s distribution centre in Toronto’s north end. The agreement provides a $1,000.00 signing bonus and wage increases of 2 per cent in each year. Other agreement highlights include : • A
Tuesday March 31, 2015 For Immediate Release Duncan, BC – Group solidarity is something every union strives for when organizing workers and negotiating their first collective agreement. The IAM has that and more with the new members at Peter Baljet Chevrolet – Buick – GMC on Vancouver Island. “This group was solid all the way through the organizing drive but they really showed their determination during
