Bulletin: Air Canada CCAA Final Funds Distribution October 17, 2019 -In 2003, Air Canada filed for and obtained Bankruptcy protection under the Company Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Over the course of the following years, the Machinists Union (IAMAW) arrived at Read more…
Thank you to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) for their solidarity and support of the IAM Local Lodge 1922 members on strike at COPE Ontario. Read the Letter From OPSEU October 23, 2019 OPSEU stands in solidarity with Read more…
The Union (IAMAW Local Lodge 3111 CULR) and the Employer have agreed to meet to further discussions with an objective of finding a resolution to the Labour dispute. The Union has submitted information to our actuary for costing proposals on Read more…
IAM District Lodge 78 members Linda Brohman and Rose Hunt (Local Lodge 103), and Stephen Michalowicz (Local Lodge 1922) recently attended Leadership II union training at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Maryland. The week-long course builds Read more…
22 October, 2019 Last night’s election results confirmed that Canadians were not comfortable living with four more years of a Liberal majority government. The results also confirmed a rejection of the Harper-inspired, Doug Ford, Jason Kenney Conservative-led policies of slashing Read more…
Dignity Matters The most requested and needed item at Woman’s Shelters and Food banks are Feminine Hygiene Products, and they are the one thing that is rarely donated. The IAM Local Lodge 1231 Women’s Committee wants to help the women Read more…
October 16, 2019 Sent Via E-Mail Attachment Mary Stalteri, Bert Poulin, Jim SniderIAM, Local 1922 Negotiating Team Dear Mary, Bert, Jim, and All Striking Staff Members of COPE Ontario: On behalf of members of the Staff Representatives Union (SRU), we Read more…
On October 16, 2019, Eddie Mariconda, President of the Toronto Civic Employees’ Union – CUPE Local 416, sent a letter to COPE National President David Black, calling on the national board to direct COPE Ontario to return to the bargaining Read more…
Weak employment standards negatively impact worker health and safety, particularly as they relate to hours of work and the employment relationship. Many provisions have yet to come into force, others have built in loopholes and many of these changes remain Read more…
14 October, 2019 Toronto – On October 4, 2019, IAM activists joined labour and migrant rights activists from across the Greater Toronto Area to protest unsafe working conditions at Fiera Foods, an industrial bakery in Toronto, and demand that the Read more…