On Monday, September 2, 2019, more than 20,000 union members, including more than 125 from IAM, and our labour allies took to the streets in the annual Labour Toronto Day Parade. The parade, a fixture in Toronto since 1872, recognizes the labour movement’s ongoing fight for justice, both inside and Read more…
IAM Canadian General Vice President Stan Pickthall calls on IAM members to join with their sisters and brothers on Monday, September 2, 2019, as we participate in Labour Day events across the country to celebrate the work of unions in making our workplaces and lives better. Toronto Labour Day Parade Read more…
IAM Local 1922 members at the City of Mississauga recently ratified a new Collective Agreement. The agreement includes annual wage increases, improvements to work schedule rotations, vacation, and a safety footwear allowance. Our members perform the important work of providing building repair, maintenance, and custodial services at certain City of Mississauga buildings.
Download LabourStart’s most recent book, The Strangers Among Us: Tales from a Global Migrant Worker Movement, for free from Amazon until Monday, July 8, 2019. The book offers readers compelling insights from writers around the world about migrant workers’ rising consciousness of their rights and challenges asserting those rights in Read more…
On June 4-6, 2019, IAM Local 1922 and District 78 Communicator Stephen Michalowicz attended the IAM Communications Conference in Las Vegas on behalf of District Lodge 78. “I am deeply grateful for this opportunity to learn and share best union communications practices with IAM’s trained and experienced staff, and with Read more…
The following is a statement from Ontario’s labour movement originally posted on the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) website: (TORONTO, ON) – Cuts to vital services like education and health care, including public health and emergency medical services, childcare, children’s aid, and legal aid services will hurt us all, including Read more…
Education, health care, and public services are under attack in Ontario. In response to the Provincial Budget, on April 17, 2019, members of IAM Local Lodge 1922 rallied at the Brampton Gateway Terminal in support of the #PowerOfMany, a campaign launched by labour and social justice advocates across Ontario to Read more…