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
Major ILO programme has been developed with the government, workers and employers in Bangladesh, in response to a number of accidents that have hit the country’s ready-made garment industry. DHAKA – The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and the International Labour Organization have launched a major initiative – including a new Better Work programme -aimed at improving working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh. The three-and-a-half
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) Brussels, 22 October 2013 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC together with 163 other trade union and civil society organisations and trade unions are raising concerns over a proposed expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (“ITA II”) being negotiated at the World Trade Organisation. A joint letter to WTO member points to the damage the proposals would do to the development of IT industry in developing
Wednesday October 16, 2013 For Immediate Release Prince George, BC – Members of IAM Local Lodge 692 have ratified a new collective agreement with AJ Forsyth, a division of Russel Metals. “This agreement was rejected on the first vote,” explained IAM District Lodge 250 Business Representative Dale Gentile. “However after two days of hard bargaining, the second offer was ratified by a margin of 85 percent.”
03.10.2013 An international campaign for basic rights for the workers at the operations of Crown Holdings Inc. in Canada and Turkey gathers steam. IndustriALL Global Union, its North American affiliate (United Steelworkers) USW and Turkish affiliate Birle?ik Metal-?? are campaigning to stop Crown Holding's attacks against workers with the support of Unite the Union of the UK, the International Association of Machinists (IAMAW) of North America, Crown’s European
Wednesday October 9, 2013 For Immediate Release Mississauga, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 1922 have ratified a new collective agreement with Volvo Logistics Operations Americas, Toronto PDC. “Our members have contributed to make the Mississauga facility one of the top rated in the Volvo Logistics Group,” explained IAM District Lodge 78 Business Representative Derek Ferguson. “This agreement reflects on that contribution and our
Monday October 7, 2013 For Immediate Release Markham, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 235, recently organized at Markham Acura, have ratified their first collective agreement. “It was a substantial pay cut for auto technicians that prompted these workers to seek help from the IAM,” explained IAM District Lodge 78 Directing Business Representative Ralph Martin. “I think this agreement goes a long way to correcting
