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Vancouver, BC – Airport screeners at Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia, represented by the IAMAW have a new collective agreement with Aeroguard. “This was a very difficult round of bargaining, during a very stressful time for our members,” explained IAMAW District General Chairperson Tania Canniff. “Their employer has been instructed by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to do more with less, which recently resulted in layoffs of 120

Vancouver, BC – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 692 struck Finning International at 25 locations across British Columbia late Wednesday afternoon. “We are working for a fair contract and so far Finning has not given us an offer that will get us a deal,” explained IAMAW District Lodge 250 Directing Business Representative Stan Pickthall. “We have been working hard on these negotiations over the past two days and Finning has

Victoria, BC – Machinist members employed by Alliance Engineering have ratified a new three-year collective agreement. The agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in each year. Wages in the first year will range from a probationary rate for Journeymen of $28.63 per hour to $30.92 per hour for Tool and Die makers. By May 1, 2013, the rates will rise to $29.79 per hour and $32.17 per hour

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