Wednesday December 18, 2013 For Immediate Release Waterloo, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2707 have ratified a new collective agreement with Waterloo Manufacturing Limited. The three-year agreement provides a wage increase of 2.5 per cent in the first year retroactive to February 1, 2013, and wage increases of 2.5 per cent in the second and third years respectively. Other agreement highlights include :
Wednesday December 11, 2013 For Immediate Release Richmond, BC – Professional and consistent servicing of existing members was one of the key ingredients in an IAM organizing victory for workers Belcor/IPAC, a division of Wexxar/Bel Packaging. “When the members of the Wexxar employee association voted to join the IAM in 2006, the workers at the sister company Belcor/IPAC facility were not included,” explained IAM District Lodge
Monday December 9, 2013 For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 692 have ratified a new collective agreement with The Cat Rental Store, a division of Raydon Rentals. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 3.5 per cent in the first year, 3.25 per cent in the second year and 3.75 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include :
Friday December 6, 2013 For Immediate Release Markham, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 901 have ratified a new collective agreement with SKF Canada Limited. The three-year agreement provides a wage increase of 1.75 per cent in the first year retroactive to June 30, 2013 and wage increases of 2 per cent in the second and third year respectively. Other agreement highlights include : •
Wednesday December 4, 2013 For Immediate Release Ajax, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 905 have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Messier-Dowty Incorporated. As stated by GLR Bill Shipman, “we were able to secure a solid agreement with the assistance of a strong committee and a united membership.” The agreement provides a wage increase of 2 per cent in the first year
Monday November 18, 2013 For Immediate Release Trenton, ON – Former members of the IAM, together with many new members employed at L-3 MAS in Trenton Ontario are back in the union fold. “Many of these folks are former employees of Air Canada who opted to go with a new employer when Air Canada shed some of its maintenance contracts in 2009,” explained IAM Grand Lodge Representative Bill
Tuesday November 19, 2013 For Immediate Release Clarington, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1295 have ratified a new collective agreement with Kingsway Arms Retirement Home. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in each of the first two years and 3 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include : • Increased contributions to the IAM pension plan •
Tuesday November 19, 2013 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – Workers at the Quality Inn in the Ottawa suburb of Orleans, have joined the IAM. “This is our first hotel in the Ottawa area,” explained IAM District Lodge 78 Organizer Scott Jackson. “These workers had a need for better wages and benefits as well as a voice with experience in the hospitality sector that could address
Thursday October 31, 2013 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – The International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association has found the Canadian Conservative Government guilty of contravening ILO conventions on Freedom of Association, the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining in its Bill C-33, the so-called “Protecting Air Services Act” of March, 2012. This Act took away the right to strike from both the Machinists Union
Wednesday October 16, 2013 For Immediate Release Prince George, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 692 have ratified a new collective agreement with AJ Forsyth, a division of Russel Metals. “This agreement was rejected on the first vote,” explained IAM District Lodge 250 Business Representative Dale Gentile. “However after two days of hard bargaining, the second offer was ratified by a margin of 85 percent.”
