Toronto, ON – If you have noticed a little more spring in the step of the Ambassadors at Pearson International Airport, it’s because they have become the newest members of the IAMAW. The 90 employees of Airport Operations Support Services, also known as Ambassadors, provide assistance to passengers when they enter Canada and US Customs at Pearson. “Over the past year the employer’s anti-union tactics and empty promises paved the
Calgary, AB – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2734, employed by Airport Terminal Services (ATS), have ratified their first collective agreement. The two-year agreement includes a structure for wage increases every six months up to 84 months. It provides a 5 per cent increase to the top of the wage scale as well as a 3 per cent wage increase in October 2011.Other agreement highlights include a split shift premium
Toronto, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2413 employed by Landmark Aviation have ratified a new collective agreement. The five-year agreement provides wage increases of four per cent in each year. The agreement also includes a RRSP contribution of 3 per cent based on the employees overall earnings. The 35 members provide customer service, ground handling, fueling, baggage handling, maintenance and repair services for the Fixed Based Operator. Located
Toronto, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2413 have ratified a new 5-year collective agreement with Bearskin Airlines. The new agreement provides wage increases of 7.6 per cent in the first year, 2.5 per cent in the second and third year respectively, 3 per cent in the fourth year and 3.5 per cent in the fifth year. Other agreement highlights include : • A Northern Allowance of $150/month for members
Air Canada is known as one of the highest-quality airlines in the world, precisely because of the skill and commitment of its employees to provide the best, safest service possible. Yet Air Canada’s workforce has endured many years of economic sacrifice and uncertainty. Through repeated episodes of corporate bankruptcy and near-bankruptcy, Air Canada employees have endured wage cuts and wage freezes, the loss of benefits and paid time off, and
Arnprior, ON – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have bucked the national trend of defined benefit pension plan termination or depletion, in its new collective agreement with Arnprior Aerospace (a former Boeing Canada facility). “I can’t say enough about the resolve and solidarity of the bargaining team and the membership of IAMAW Local Lodge 1542 in facing down the concessionary demands of this employer,” said a proud
Ottawa, ON – “They save money while we try to save lives with fewer people,” says a frustrated Tania Canniff, IAMAW District Lodge 140 General Chairperson. Canniff was reacting to the layoff of 120 of her members employed as security screeners at Vancouver International Airport. Despite a sizeable increase in their operating budget, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) has forced its service providers to lay off hundreds of
Flin Flon, Manitoba — The heads of the unions representing the seven individual local unions at Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting (HBMS) met on May 11, 2011 during the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) convention. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss how we can collectively advance the interests of the members at HBMS through coordinated structures and strategies. All the unions agree that there is a need for all
Vancouver, BC – At a time when security around the world is being improved, Canada is going in the opposite direction. “Canadian airport screening security standards are being eroded to meet the recent federal government budget cuts,” said Tania Canniff, District Lodge 140 General Chairperson for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). “This will have a devastating impact on the security of the flying public in this
Brampton, ON – “Management threw everything but the kitchen sink at these people trying to convince them not to join the Machinists and it didn’t work,” explained a happy IAMAW District Lodge 140 Organizer Ian Morland. Morland was referring to the successful organizing campaign of 50 workers at Colortech Incorporated in Brampton. Prior to the vote, the company hired union-busting lawyers who gave management instruction on how to implement a
