Thursday April 18, 2013 For Immediate Release Laval, QC – IAM District Lodge 11 broke new ground when it recently organized its first automotive dealership in the Montréal area. Mechanics at International Rive-Nord Truck have become the newest members of IAM Local Lodge 712. “We were approached by the legal counsel for their staff association regarding a possible merger,” explained IAM District Lodge 11
Social protection measures can help reduce the incidence of child labour, says Constance Thomas, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). Around 215 million children world-wide are engaged in child labour. Much of this work is harmful, hazardous or even dangerous to their health and to their future life development. Children everywhere should be able to have a real childhood, to play, to learn
Each year the Machinist Union joins with Labour Nationally and Labour accredited Health and Safety agencies nation- wide in the effort to remember those tragically killed or maimed in the course of employment and, just as importantly, to continue to highlight the carnage and personal loss created by workplace accidents and disease. These efforts are critical to enhancing public awareness for our collective efforts to save lives and protect workers
Remember those Porter Airlines workers who have been on strike since 10 January? How the employer was offering tiny or no wage increases and no improvements to the workers’ (and by extension all our) safety? To that anti-union behaviour you can add the fact that Porter is listed as a user of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (see HERE). As is now well-known, thanks to a few brave RBC
Mardi 9 avril 2013 À publier immédiatement Ottawa, ON – Les membres de la section locale 412 de l’AIM ont ratifié une nouvelle convention collective de cinq ans avec B.A. International Incorporated. La nouvelle entente concède une prime à la signature de 1 000 $ ainsi que des augmentations de salaire de 2 % la première année, de 2 % la deuxième année, de 2,5
Tuesday April 9, 2013 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 412 have ratified a five-year collective agreement with B.A. International Incorporated. The new agreement provides a $1,000.00 signing bonus and wage increases of 2 per cent in the first year, 2 per cent in the second year, 2.5 per cent in the third year, 2.5 per cent in the
Tuesday April 9, 2013 For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 16, employed by Servisair, has ratified a new collective agreement. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 1 per cent retroactive to September 1, 2012, in the first year, 3 per cent in the second year and 1 per cent in the third year. The agreement also provides a
Wednesday April 3, 2013 For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – A new contract awarded to Airport Operational Support Services at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, means job security for 170 members of IAM Local Lodge 2323. “Contract renewal for employers always makes workers a bit nervous so this is great news for our members knowing that they will have job security for the next three years,” explained IAM District
Equal Pay Day • April 9 • TAKE ACTION! In Ontario, women are “in the red” because they continue to earn on average 28 percent less than men for work of equal value. This wage gap is even more stark for racialized women, women with disabilities and Aboriginal women. The Ontario Federation of Labour is working with the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition to change that. We are raising awareness about
Montréal, QC – One hundred thirty Passenger Service Department employees of Swissport Canada Handling Incorporated at Pierre Eliot Trudeau International Airport have joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). “We organized 60 Swissport ramp workers here five years ago,” explained IAM District Lodge 140 Organizer Robert Savoie. “The Passenger Service employees were looking for better working conditions and a better salary. They saw how well
