Tuesday January 27, 2015 For Immediate Release Montréal, QC – Former members of Quebec union CSD, employed by S E A 2000 International, have joined the IAM. “They have been waiting for 18 months for a new collective agreement and their employer refused to meet with their bargaining agent,” explained IAM District Lodge 11 Organizer Philippe Lapointe. “So they turned to the largest airport and aerospace
Wednesday January 21, 2015 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 235 have ratified a new collective agreement with Mettler Toledo. “The negotiating team of Ken Vantaaja, Bill Brodie and Richard Intriago persevered through this long set of bargaining and their hard work resulted in a contract with several improvements,” explained IAM District Lodge 78 Directing Business Representative Derek Ferguson. The
Thursday January 15, 2015 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – The International Associations of Machinists – IAM, representing 3,000 Airport Security Screeners at Toronto Pearson, Toronto Billy Bishop, Vancouver International and 10 regional airports in British Columbia, begin bargaining for a new collective agreement. Talks began today between the IAM and Garda for Toronto while bargaining with G4S for the Pacific Region will take place later this
Thursday December 4, 2014 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers – IAM has filed for Common Employer Status with the Canada Industrial Relations Board. “We are being proactive and getting in front of this pending problem,” said IAM Transportation District 140 President and General Chairperson Fred Hospes. The Airline Consortium into plane ramp fueling and tank farm Operator
November 25, 2014 For Immediate Release Today is the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which kicks off 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The IAM thinks there is a need for our parliamentarians to get involved, the issue should be Up for Debate! Following the launch of the Up For Debate campaign, two federal party leaders came out
Thursday November 20, 2014 For Immediate Release Stratford, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 103 have ratified a new collective agreement with Cedarcroft Retirement Home in the festival city. “None of this would have been possible without the tremendous efforts of the negotiating team of Heather Stewart and Patricia Buuck,” said IAM District Lodge 78 Business Representative Kim Valliere. The three-year agreement provides for a
Wednesday November 19, 2014 For Immediate Release Nanaimo, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 456 have a new two-year agreement with Canadian Tire. It is the only unionized auto service department at Canadian Tire. The agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in each year. “For the first time, training apprentices and language for training wages is included in the new agreement,” explained
Wednesday November 19, 2014 For Immediate Release Duncan, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 692 have ratified a new collective agreement with Pro Mac Manufacturing. The members are traditionally the highest paid on Vancouver Island and this agreement maintains that distinction. The agreement provides wage increases of 3 per cent the first year, 2.5 per cent the second year and 2 per cent in the
Wednesday November 19, 2014 For Immediate Release Victoria, BC – A strike mandate of 87 per cent by members of IAM Local Lodge 456 gave impetus to a new collective agreement with Wheaton Chevrolet. “It took six months of bargaining and talks bogged down in September over the issue of bumping but the strike mandate had the desired effect,” explained IAM District Lodge 250 Business Representative
Wednesday November 19, 2014 For Immediate Release London, UK – The Civil Aviation section of the International Transportation Workers Federation (ITF) has appointed IAM Canadian Airline Coordinator Carlos DaCosta, as Coordinator of its MRO Committee. The appointment was made at a recent ITF Civil Aviation conference. “The ITF needed someone with a maintenance background and was familiar with the ITF, to coordinate their Maintenance Repair and
