Monday January 13, 2014     For Immediate Release     Winnipeg, MB – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2247 have ratified their first collective agreement with Keewatin Air.   The two-year agreement provides the following wage increases for Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) according to their home base of operations:   Winnipeg AME – $ .55/hour in the first year and $ .50/hour in the second year Iqaluit, Churchill or

Monday January 13, 2014     For Immediate Release     Winnipeg, MB – Fifty pilots employed by Keewatin Air have joined IAM Local Lodge 2247. This is the second group of Keewatin employees to join the IAM – twenty-five mechanics and parts personnel were organized in 2012.   “It was quite simple really,” explained IAM District Lodge 181 Directing Business Representative Wayne Relf. “The pilots talked with the mechanics

Tuesday January 7, 2014   For Immediate Release     Edmonton, AB – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1722 have ratified a new collective agreement with Wajax Power Systems Limited (formerly Waterous Power Systems) by a margin of 88 per cent.   The three-year agreement provides wages increase of 4 per cent in the first year and 4.25 per cent in the second and third year respectively. Other agreement highlights

Friday December 20, 2013   For Immediate Release     Toronto, ON – Robert Fox, Executive Director for Oxfam Canada, gave his heartfelt thanks to the IAM for its gift of $50,000.00 to support Oxfam’s response to Typhoon Haiyan. “Your generous donation as part of the Canadian Labour Congress appeal in support of the people of the Philippines, will allow us to scale up our response to the devastation,” said

Mercredi 18 décembre 2013   À publier immédiatement     Simcoe, ON – Les membres de la section locale 103 de l’AIM ont ratifié une nouvelle convention collective avec Anvil International Canada.   L’entente d’une durée de cinq ans prévoit des augmentations de salaire de 3 % les première et deuxième années, de 2,5 % les troisième et quatrième années et de 3 % la cinquième année. Voici un autre

Wednesday December 18, 2013     For Immediate Release     Simcoe, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 103 have ratified a new collective agreement with Anvil International Canada.   The five-year agreement provides wage increases of 3 per cent in the first and second year, 2.5 per cent in the third and fourth year and 3 per cent in the fifth year. Other agreement highlights include : • Increased

Wednesday December 18, 2013     For Immediate Release     Waterloo, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2707 have ratified a new collective agreement with Waterloo Manufacturing Limited.   The three-year agreement provides a wage increase of 2.5 per cent in the first year retroactive to February 1, 2013, and wage increases of 2.5 per cent in the second and third years respectively.   Other agreement highlights include :