Wednesday December 4, 2013     For Immediate Release     Ajax, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 905 have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Messier-Dowty Incorporated.   As stated by GLR Bill Shipman, “we were able to secure a solid agreement with the assistance of a strong committee and a united membership.” The agreement provides a wage increase of 2 per cent in the first year

Monday November 18, 2013   For Immediate Release   Trenton, ON – Former members of the IAM, together with many new members employed at L-3 MAS in Trenton Ontario are back in the union fold. “Many of these folks are former employees of Air Canada who opted to go with a new employer when Air Canada shed some of its maintenance contracts in 2009,” explained IAM Grand Lodge Representative Bill

Tuesday November 19, 2013     For Immediate Release     Clarington, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1295 have ratified a new collective agreement with Kingsway Arms Retirement Home.   The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in each of the first two years and 3 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include : • Increased contributions to the IAM pension plan •

Tuesday November 19, 2013   For Immediate Release     Ottawa, ON – Workers at the Quality Inn in the Ottawa suburb of Orleans, have joined the IAM.   “This is our first hotel in the Ottawa area,” explained IAM District Lodge 78 Organizer Scott Jackson. “These workers had a need for better wages and benefits as well as a voice with experience in the hospitality sector that could address

Thursday October 31, 2013   For Immediate Release   Toronto, ON – The International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association has found the Canadian Conservative Government guilty of contravening ILO conventions on Freedom of Association, the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining in its Bill C-33, the so-called “Protecting Air Services Act” of March, 2012. This Act took away the right to strike from both the Machinists Union