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Burlington, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 235 have ratified a new collective agreement with CPC Pumps International. The four-year agreement provides for wage increases of 2 per cent in each year. Other agreement highlights include :  • Improved benefits • Additional Statutory holiday • Improved job posting language The fifty members manufacture industrial pumps for industries worldwide. IAMAW, among the largest industrial trade unions in North America, represents more

St. Thomas, ON – Les membres de la section locale 1975 de l’AIMTA ont ratifié une nouvelle convention collective d’une durée de trois ans avec GKN Sinter Metals. L’entente d’une durée de trois ans prévoit des augmentations de salaire annuelles de 2 %. Actuellement, le salaire moyen s’établit à 22,51 $ l’heure. Voici d’autres points saillants de l’entente : • Majoration de l’allocation pour l’achat de bottes de protection de

St. Thomas, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1975 have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with GKN Sinter Metals. The three year agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in each year. The current average wage rate is $22.51 per hour. Other agreement highlights include : • Safety boot allowance increased by $5.00 in each year of the agreement • Paid up Life insurance benefits increase by $500.00

Mississauga, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1922 have ratified a new collective agreement with Filimat Inc. The new agreement provides for wage increases of 1.5 percent in the first year and 2 per cent in the second and third year. Other agreement highlights include : • Increased Life Insurance coverage • Increased Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage • Safety Boot increase • Pension plan contribution increases in 2nd and

Ottawa, ON – Production of Canadian currency will continue uninterrupted following the ratification of a new collective agreement by members of IAMAW Local Lodge 412. The thirteen members who oversee maintenance of printing equipment for the production of Canadian and foreign national currencies and security papers for B.A. Banknote International, were in a legal strike position. The three-year agreement provides for wage increases of 2 per cent in each of

For Immediate Release Sault Ste. Marie, ON – A supervised Ministry of Labour vote Wednesday has failed to resolve a bitter lockout between members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2332 and three automotive dealerships. “Our members at two of the dealerships, Superior Dodge Chrysler and Highland Ford, rejected the final offer by a wide margin,” explained IAMAW Business Representative Rob Thompson. Members at the third dealership, Prouse Motors, accepted the offer

Sault Ste. Marie, ON – The latest contract offer from the three auto dealerships involved in a lengthy lockout with members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2332, is a blatant attempt to divide the union. “Management is lying when it says its latest offer contained no concessions,” explained a frustrated IAMAW Business Representative Rob Thompson. “They have claimed to have offered a three percent wage increase but that’s only for mechanics.

(TORONTO) – Workplace safety may have taken a huge step forward with the use of a Criminal Code of Canada provision against a Sault Ste. Marie company, says OFL president Sid Ryan. Millennium Crane Rentals Ltd. will appear in court this week on charges of criminal negligence causing death following a fatal accident last spring, according to an article published yesterday at www.lawtimesnews.com. The charges are as a result of

For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – The recent announcement by Air Canada/AVEOS of the layoff of more than one thousand aircraft maintenance mechanics is the latest indication that Canada is in danger of losing its place in this growing global industry. “If we don’t do something right now, these jobs and this industry aren’t coming back,” declared IAMAW Canadian General Vice-President Dave Ritchie. The IAMAW is calling for an immediate

For Immediate Release Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Concession demands have increased in the latest offer from the three auto dealerships who have locked out members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2332 on December 21, 2009. “If anything the attitude of the employer has become worse with time,” said a disgusted Rob Thompson IAMAW Directing Business Representative. “Now they want to reduce the pension contribution for the lowest paid employees by