Thursday August 15, 2013 For Immediate Release Mississauga, ON – Despite a very anti-union campaign by their employer, workers at the Staybridge Inn and Suites in Mississauga decided to join the IAM! “The workers saw through their employer’s deceptions and false promises and voted accordingly,” explained IAM District Lodge 78 Organizer Scott Jackson. “Organizers Roy Bhansingh and Phoenix Yuan did a great job reassuring the
Thursday August 15, 2013 For Immediate Release New Westminster, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1857 have ratified a new collective agreement with Westminster Toyota. The four-year agreement provides wage increases of 1.5 per cent in each of the first three years and 2 per cent in the fourth year. Other agreement highlights include : • Family Day added to statutory holidays • Improved dental
Wednesday August 14, 2013 For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 692 have ratified a new collective agreement with Seaspan Vancouver Drydock, a division of Seaspan Marine Corporation. The five-year agreement provides a wage increase of 2 per cent in the first year retroactive to March 2013 and wage increases of 2.5 per cent in the second and third year and 3
Wednesday August 14, 2013 For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 692 have a new collective agreement with Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards, a division of Seaspan Marine Corporation. The five-year agreement provides a wage increase in the first year of 4.25 per cent retroactive to March 2013. Wage increases in the remainder of the agreement are 3.5 per cent in the second and
Thursday July 25, 2013 For Immediate Release Sault Ste. Marie, ON – It took only two days of bargaining to achieve a new agreement between Highland Ford and members of IAM Local Lodge 2332. “It’s the difference between night and day,” said IAM Grand Lodge Representative Gary Hynes. “There’s a new owner with a new attitude toward his employees and this will go a long way
Friday July 12, 2013 For Immediate Release Oakville, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1295 have ratified a new collective agreement with the Country Inn and Suites in Oakville. The four-year agreement provides wage increases of 3 per cent in each year and a signing bonus of $200.00. Other agreement highlights include; • Increased vacation time • Contract language improvements. The 12
Thursday July 11, 2013 For Immediate Release Montréal, QC – The newest members of IAM Local Lodge 2727 have their first collective agreement with Services d’entretien de Clean International Inc. “These workers now have the benefit of having a collective agreement and the protection that provides,” explained IAM District Lodge 11 Business Representative Pierre Grenier. “They now have union recognition, grievance and arbitration rights, amnesty
Retired IAM Grand Lodge Representative Jim Nugent has been selected to be inducted into the Ontario Federation of Labour’s Honour Roll for 2013. Nugent joins Brenda Carrigan of OECTA, Beverly McCloskey of CAW Local 222, Jack Ostroski Sr., USW Local 2251 (deceased) and Logan Sellathurai of CUPE Ontario. The names of these five distinguished activists will be added to the OFL Honour Roll plaque on permanent display at the
Thursday June 27, 2013 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of former IAM Canada Director of Communications, Neville Hamilton. Neville came to the IAM in 1986 after spending five years as the administrative assistant to CLC President Dennis McDermott. First and foremost, Hamilton was a journalist whose career took him from the Sherbrooke Daily Record in
Friday June 21, 2013 For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – Employees of American Eagle Airlines based in Ottawa, are the newest members of the IAM. “These people were seeking union representation in their workplace and were hungry for a positive change in their future,” explained IAM District Lodge 140 Organizer Sam Jabbar. “I didn’t have to ask twice, it took less than an hour for
