Members of Lodge 2413 demonstrate against Air Canada's cancellation of fuel contracts. See more photos below the article text. Toronto, ON – Members of the IAM Local Lodge 2413, with support from other Machinist locals were soliciting public support on the airport strip in their fight to save the jobs of refueling workers at Toronto Pearson and Montreal Trudeau International Airports. An airline consortium headed up by Air Canada has

St. Thomas, ON – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of former Grand Lodge Representative Jim Nugent, June 3, 2015. ‘We have lost a great machinist and trade unionist,” said a saddened IAM Canadian GVP Dave Ritchie. “He was a tireless worker on behalf of our members, we will miss him.” Nugent, a tool and die maker from St. Thomas, Ontario, joined the IAM in 1967.

Flin Flon, MB – World solidarity against a mining giant has stretched all the way from South Africa and Brazil to the IAM picket lines in Flin Flon, Manitoba.   The 180 members of IAM Local Lodge 1848 were given a surprise boost not only to their morale but to their strike fund as well this week. “You just never know who is watching out for you and paying attention

Andrea Horwath introduces Private Members Bill Marching up Toronto’s University Avenue under the shadows of Hydro One Corporate Headquarters, members of CUPE, employed by Ontario Hydro, protest the proposed sale of the majority of the Crown asset. Toronto, On – Provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath introduced a private member’s bill in the Ontario Legislature May 25, seeking a public referendum on the proposed sale of 60% of Ontario Hydro. Ontario

Toronto ON – IAM members from the Canadian office, and District Lodges 78 and 140 joined community activists from the Americas to protest outside the annual shareholders meeting of Hudson Bay Minerals – Hudbay. From Guatemala, Peru and Arizona to Manitoba, Indigenous and non-indigenous communities have mobilized to seek justice and reparations from crimes and treaty violations carried out by Hudbay and its subsidiaries. The protestors called on the Hudbay