Members of Local Lodge 235 at Hobart have ratified a new agreement with their employer Hobart Canada. This three-year deal includes significant improvements to seniority rights related to scheduling and vacation scheduling, additional vacation entitlements, health and welfare benefit improvements as well as wage increases of 4%, 2.5% and 2.5% Read more
June 4, 2023 – June 9, 2023, sister Karen Santer and Jin Kunstek attended the IAM Leadership I program, which held in William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Maryland, and both obtained the Certificate of Achievement. I’m thrilled that the LL1922 selected me for the Leadership I Read more
On June 10, 2023, members of LL1922 took part in the 25th annual Dave Ritchie golf tournament, which benefits Guide Dogs of American and their new partner the Tender Loving Canines Assistance Dogs was held at the Remington Parkview Golf & Country Club.
Marvin Alfred, on behalf of the Executive Board of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113, is proud to announce that today we won our fight to protect members’ right to strike. In a historic ruling, Hon. Justice Chalmers of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that Ontario legislation banning TTC Read more
Thousands of union activists to gather in Montréal to tackle pressing issues facing workers MONTRÉAL–– Thousands of delegates representing local, regional and national unions and labour bodies from across the country will gather at Montréal’s Palais des congrès from May 8 to 12 for the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)’s 30th Constitutional Convention. The Read more
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Toronto, ON April 19,2023– After several attempts by different political parties, including the NDP, essential pension protection legislation is passed by the Senate. The “Act to Amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act”, also known as the pension protection Act, legislation that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) have Read more
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I attended the website training at District 78 for the training of communicators on 18 May, 2023, in my capacity as the communicator for local 1922. Frank Saptel, from the IAM Canadian Office, gave website and communications training. I learned how to use WordPress to maintain the IAM Local 1922 Read more
(From Our Times Magazine)April 28th is the National Day of Mourning to commemorate workers who have been killed, made sick, or injured on the job. We are injured migrant workers who are organizing with Injured Workers Action for Justice (IWA4J) and Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) to demand that the Read more