Friday, 18 June, 2021 For immediate release Toronto, ON – More than four thousand delegates to the Canadian Labour Congress’ first-ever online convention voted in the team of Bea Bruske, Lily Change and Siabhan Vipond, along with incumbent Vice-President Larry Read more
Canada has made strides in the race to vaccinate the population in an attempt to protect Canadians against COVID-19 and the emerging variants. As of today, 66% of Canadians have at least received one dose to protect against Covid -19. Read more
The centerpiece of IAM’s project on automation are member’s experiences we gathered through focus groups. Rank and file members across Canada participated and gave a clear picture of the impact of automation on their jobs and workplaces. More importantly, members Read more
15 June, 2021 For immediate release Vancouver, BC – Passenger Service Agents working for Envoy Air Inc. at Vancouver International airport have rallied to the IAM. Servicing American Airlines, they had the opportunity to speak with their co-workers who joined Read more
14 June, 2021 Ottawa, ON – On Friday, 11 June, 2021, members from IAM Local Lodge 2413 ratified a new collective agreement at Sky Café’s operations at the Toronto and Ottawa airports. “Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, this was basically Read more
In response to the pandemic, the federal government put in place legislation allowing for several emergency response programs. Along with this legislation, temporary changes were also made to EI. This legislation is set to expire as of Sept.25, 2021, ending Read more
More than 14 months after the expiry date of their collective agreement, the members of the Siemens unit have accepted their new contract by 81%. “This negotiation was, without a doubt, a long process, as we had been looking for Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Members of IAM Local Lodge 412 ratified a new agreement which brought them gains in terms of increases and improvements. Shane Woito, President of the local led the bargaining, but made sure to thanks members of the Bargaining Committee for Read more