June 11, 2021

IAM Canada mourns loss of LL54 member Micah Baerwald

10 June, 2021 IAM Canada joins in mourning the loss of a member yesterday, 9 June, 2021. His death is a tragic loss to his family, friends and his IAM sisters and brothers. He worked at Novelis and was a member of Local Lodge 54. Police and Ministry of Labour is involved and an investigation is ongoing. Members of the local are extremely distraught as a result of the tragic

What is the plan for an aviation restart in Canada?

This week the federal government announced that, starting sometime in July, there will be no requirement for Canadian citizens to quarantine for 14 days. Arriving passengers will just need to have a COVID-19 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and self-isolate until the results are available. The government’s announcement comes with no official start date as there still needs to be a monitoring of the amount of COVID-19 cases and rates