Burlington, On – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2330 have ratified a new collective agreement with H & H Manufacturing. The three-year agreement provides a wage freeze in the first year and wage increases of 1.5 per cent or 30 cents per hour in the second and third years respectively. Other agreement highlights include : • 90 per cent increase in pension contributions over the life of the agreement • Family
Sarnia, On – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1295 have ratified their first collective agreement with Super 8 Hotel in Sarnia. The two-year agreement provides a wage increase of 95 cents an hour in the first year and a wage re-opener in the second year. Other agreement highlights include : • A $240 signing bonus • Improved vacation benefits with three weeks vacation after ten years of service • Establishment of
London, On – The 20 members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1295 employed by Days Inn, have ratified their first collective agreement. The two-year agreement provides housekeeping staff with a wage increase from $9.50/hour to $10.70/hour in the first year and increasing to $10.86/hour in the second year. Maintenance staff will receive a wage increase from $10.00/hour to $10.90/hour in the first year and increasing to $11.06/hour in the second year.
Sault Ste. Marie, ON – After 119 days, the lockout of members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2332 by three auto dealerships is finally over. “It’s taken a long and bitter struggle but we got most of what we were after,” said IAMAW Business Representative Rob Thompson. “We got the standard pension language in the body of the agreement which is what started this whole fiasco and we now have a
Calgary, AB – Forty maintenance employees at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Limited, are the newest members of the IAMAW. “The company fought this certification but in the end, the Alberta Labour Board sided with the Machinists,” explained a satisfied Rick Arsenault, IAMAW District 14 Directing Business Representative. Unlike most organizing campaigns, this one was not about money. “We have part-time workers who have worked 40 hour weeks for 15
Burlington, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 235 have ratified a new collective agreement with CPC Pumps International. The four-year agreement provides for wage increases of 2 per cent in each year. Other agreement highlights include : • Improved benefits • Additional Statutory holiday • Improved job posting language The fifty members manufacture industrial pumps for industries worldwide. IAMAW, among the largest industrial trade unions in North America, represents more
St. Thomas, ON – Les membres de la section locale 1975 de l’AIMTA ont ratifié une nouvelle convention collective d’une durée de trois ans avec GKN Sinter Metals. L’entente d’une durée de trois ans prévoit des augmentations de salaire annuelles de 2 %. Actuellement, le salaire moyen s’établit à 22,51 $ l’heure. Voici d’autres points saillants de l’entente : • Majoration de l’allocation pour l’achat de bottes de protection de
St. Thomas, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1975 have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with GKN Sinter Metals. The three year agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in each year. The current average wage rate is $22.51 per hour. Other agreement highlights include : • Safety boot allowance increased by $5.00 in each year of the agreement • Paid up Life insurance benefits increase by $500.00
Mississauga, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1922 have ratified a new collective agreement with Filimat Inc. The new agreement provides for wage increases of 1.5 percent in the first year and 2 per cent in the second and third year. Other agreement highlights include : • Increased Life Insurance coverage • Increased Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage • Safety Boot increase • Pension plan contribution increases in 2nd and
Ottawa, ON – Production of Canadian currency will continue uninterrupted following the ratification of a new collective agreement by members of IAMAW Local Lodge 412. The thirteen members who oversee maintenance of printing equipment for the production of Canadian and foreign national currencies and security papers for B.A. Banknote International, were in a legal strike position. The three-year agreement provides for wage increases of 2 per cent in each of
