Whether we like it or know it, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed us: how we live and how we work. This means it has also changed the way we bargain our collective agreements and deal with grievances and arbitrations. The Read more
23 November, 2020 For immediate release North Bay, ON – IAM members of Local Lodge 2412 working at Kohltech Windows are happy to have ratified a new three-year Collective Agreement with the new ownership group formerly known as Seymour Windows. Read more
Applying for worker’s compensation can be a convoluted process that oftentimes discourages injured workers, rather than allowing for easier access. And as if the process wasn’t complicated already, COVID-19 has certainly added new challenges to filing a claim. Infection rates Read more
For almost the entire year of 2020, the IAM has been lobbying the Federal Government for assistance directed toward the aviation sector. IAM members and their families are urged to support our ongoing efforts by signing onto the Federal NDP’s Read more
https://www.npd.ca/aviation ———————- This article was originally posted on the IAM Canada website. View the original post here: Sign the NDP petition to support the aviation industry
By Derek Ferguson, GLR Political Action Bill 47 – The most recent attack on worker’s rights by the Jason Kenney Alberta UCP government misleadingly is named the “Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act”. The so-called “Red Tape” contained in Read more
13 November, 2020 For immediate release Toronto, ON – IAM Local 907, whose members work for the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), have ratified their first Collective Agreement with the IAM. Highlights include annual wage increases Read more
16 November, 2020 For immediate release Richmond, BC – The numbers added up nicely for Al Cyr, Business Representative and Organiser at IAM District 250 in British Columbia: 22 + 16 = 38. When Cyr filed for certification at the Read more
———————- This article was originally posted on the IAM Canada website. View the original post here: We Are the Canadian Machiniststs
Congratulations and best wishes to Mike Beard, who, after 34 years at Magellan Aerospace, is retiring. Mike started with Local 1922 in 1986 and worked as a printing press operator before transferring into records for his last 10 years. “The Read more