January 19, 2023 The Honourable Anita Anand By Email: Anita.Anand@parl.gc.caMinister of National DefenseHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Anand, I’m writing you on behalf of 50,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), a Read more…
January, 2023 Toronto, ON – IAM Local Lodge 1922 members working for the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT) ratified a new 3-year contract this week, bringing important improvements. The agreement brings a wage increase each year of the agreement, a Read more…
The IAM Scholarship Competition is accepting applications for the 2023 year. The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada. Again, this year’s Scholarship Program will be fully accessible on goiam.org. Additionally, Read more…
Opinion letter by David Chartrand which appears in The Hill Times. The Canadian government has an opportunity to capitalize on skills, the industrial footprint and technological capabilities developed over decades to grow Canada’s military branch of the aerospace industry, writes Read more…
On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp – where more than one million people were sent to gas chambers and to their agonizing deaths during the Holocaust – was liberated. In 2005, that day was designated as the annual Read more…
A group of 19 IAM staff members from every territory and multiple districts attended an impactful three-day train-the-trainer course of the Be More Than a Bystander program, conducted by the Canadian group Ending Violence Association of BC in partnership with Read more…
19 January, 2023 Stratford, ON – Members working at the Cedarcroft Place Retirement Residence in Stratford, ON won a few key victories as a result of an award by the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA). The award provided general Read more…
18 January, 2023 – Magali Picard is the first woman to lead to Quebec Federation of Labour. She is also the first Indigenous person in that role. Picard, a member of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), was a Read more…
1. OLD AGE SECURITY BENEFIT (Monthly, at age 65, January 2023) Age 65-74: $ 687.56 (regardless of marital status) 75+: $ 756.32 Adjusted quarterly to CPI (in January, April, July and October) OAS/GIS can be deferred up to 5 years Read more…
September 15, 2022 Subj: 2023 IAM North American Transportation Conference April 3-6, 2023 Caesars Palace Hotel, Las Vegas, NV TO: ALL IAM&AW AIR TRANSPORT TERRITORY AND RAIL DIVISION:TCU EXECUTIVE BOARD, DISTRICT LODGE PRESIDENTS, DISTRICT LODGE SECRETARY TREASURERS, DISTRICT LODGE GENERAL CHAIRPERSONS, Read more…