Owen Sound, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 386 have ratified a new collective agreement with Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada. The three-year agreement provides for a $350.00 signing bonus and wage increases of 1 per cent in the first year, 1.75 per cent in the second year and 2 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include : • Major modifications to bereavement leave • $10 increase
Orenda in the is the name of an Iroquois god, loosely translated it means ‘source of power’ and a somewhat appropriate name for a jet engine as well as the name of the company that builds jet engines. There has only been powered flight in this country since 1908 and for over six decades, Orenda Aerospace has been at the forefront of jet propulsion in Canada and around the world.
Calgary, AB – Maintenance workers, Equipment operators and Labourers employed by the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Limited, members of IAMAW Local Lodge 99 have won their first collective agreement. “It was working conditions and respect on the job not money that powered the original organizing drive and this first set of negotiations,” explained IAMAW District Lodge 14 Business Representative Kevin Clark. “Imagine in this modern day and age working 40
Vancouver, BC – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 16 have ratified their second collective agreement with Securiguard at Vancouver International Airport. “The Negotiations Committee did a tremendous job”, said IAMAW District Lodge 140 General Chairperson, Tania Canniff. “They defended the issues of critical importance to the membership and in the end delivered a tentative agreement that the membership endorsed by 100 per cent.” The 30-month agreement, effective January 1, 2011,
Vancouver, BC – Airport screeners at Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia, represented by the IAMAW have a new collective agreement with Aeroguard. “This was a very difficult round of bargaining, during a very stressful time for our members,” explained IAMAW District General Chairperson Tania Canniff. “Their employer has been instructed by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to do more with less, which recently resulted in layoffs of 120
Vancouver, BC – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 692 struck Finning International at 25 locations across British Columbia late Wednesday afternoon. “We are working for a fair contract and so far Finning has not given us an offer that will get us a deal,” explained IAMAW District Lodge 250 Directing Business Representative Stan Pickthall. “We have been working hard on these negotiations over the past two days and Finning has
23/6/2011 – Machinists Strike Finning for the First time in BC! Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 692 set up picket lines at 25 Finning International locations across British Columbia late Wednesday afternoon after the employer refused to improve its final contract offer. (Left to right) LL 692 member Glen Olafson receives his strike information from IAMAW District Lodge 250 Directing Business Representative Stan Pickthall IAMAW Local Lodge 692 bargaining team
Victoria, BC – Machinist members employed by Alliance Engineering have ratified a new three-year collective agreement. The agreement provides wage increases of 2 per cent in each year. Wages in the first year will range from a probationary rate for Journeymen of $28.63 per hour to $30.92 per hour for Tool and Die makers. By May 1, 2013, the rates will rise to $29.79 per hour and $32.17 per hour
Brussels, 16 June 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The International Trade Union Confederation today welcomed the historical adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation by the International Labour Organisation, but called on the ILO to ensure governments around the world were put on notice about protecting the millions of people in the domestic work sphere. With many millions of migrant workers in domestic labor around the world, the ITUC said that without
This afternoon the CAW representing Customer Service Agents at Air Canada, announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the airline, ending a brief work stoppage. Machinists Union members were thanked by CAW President Ken Lewenza for their unwavering support during this work stoppage. IAM members are getting ready to bargain with Air Canada very soon and the CAW has promised its full support.
