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Paul Pelletreau, Business Representative with IAM District 250 recently won an important arbitration award concerning enshrining National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR) in British Columbia collective agreements. Members now have the right to participate in supporting the Indigenous communities (First Nations, Inuit and Metis) in British Columbia. The wins for IAM members really began last year when we contested Olympic Motors’ position on NDTR”, said Pelletreau. “That decision was… Read More »National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Arbitration win for IAM District 250

By Ivana Saula Canadian Director of Research Over the last few months, inflation has been running rampant causing a rise in prices, the cost of living, and cutting into real wages of workers. Mainstream media has blamed high inflation on government spending during the pandemic, and increasing wages as culprits. Yet, wages have increased only slightly (3.3%), when compared to the consumer price index (8.1% June 2022), meaning workers are… Read More »The Untold Story of Inflation: Corporate Profits Are the Real Culprit

09 August, 2022 Scarborough, ON – Members at SKF Canada IAM Local 901 ratify a three-year agreement. The contract included wage increases in each year of the three-year agreement totalling 12%, along with a significant increase to the pension plan and bridging. Increases to the personal time bank, dental, eye exam and vision, safety shoe allowance were some of the other gains made in this agreement. Many language gains were… Read More »Gains and improvement mark new contract for IAM Local 901-SKF

At airports across Canada, pre-board screening officers are the first line of defence in keeping our skies safe. In the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario, its members of the International Association of Machinists that do this work. In Canada, the Canadian Air Transportation Security Authority (CATSA) is responsible for all screening at airports and contracts screening services to individual corporations to supply screening services. The job of the CATSA… Read More »CATSA created pre-board screening issues at airports

On 31 March, 2021, our membership suffered a devasting blow with the workplace death of brother Ryan Coughlan, a member of IAM Local 99. Ryan’s sudden passing shocked and saddened all knew him. In the ongoing recognition of Ryan and his family, IAM members where Ryan worked (Finning, Edmonton) put on a memorial Show-and-Shine Day on Saturday, 25 June, 2022. The day included the opening of the memorial site built… Read More »IAM Local 99 inaugurates special memorial for fallen member

28 June, 2022 Toronto, ON – IAM Airport Screening Officers working at airports in Toronto, Vancouver and other airports in British Columbia rallied for dignity, justice and better working conditions. Other unions, including the United Steelworkers who also represent Screening Officers, as well as labour councils, federations of labour and the Canadian Labour Congress, supported the rallies. Screening Officers, tired of low pay, long working hours under strict conditions, and… Read More »Airport screeners rally for dignity, justice

Monday, 27 June, 2022 Sault Ste. Marie, ON – The members of IAM Local 2332 working at Prouse Chevrolet recently ratified a new collective agreement. The two-year agreement provides for annual wage increases, increased premiums and incentives, as well as improvements to vision care and safety footwear. Grand Lodge Representative Scott Jackson, noted that negotiations committee member, Chad Laroue, “kept the issues of the membership front and center throughout the… Read More »Local Lodge 2332 members sign new agreement at Prouse Chevrolet

(Montreal, June 22, 2022) – The IAMAW Local Lodge 712 membership voted 73.4 per cent in favour of the employer’s offer with a participation rate of 80.3 per cent. “Despite the fact that the offer was accepted, Bombardier will have work to do over the next five years to regain the trust of workers and rebuild a sense of belonging,” said IAMAW District Lodge 11 Business Representative and union spokesperson Eric… Read More »A new contract for 1,800 Bombardier union members

The woman’s committee of LL1231 made a delivery of 70 purses filled with essential items to Loft 416 Community Services, a women’s shelter and outreach agency in Toronto. They were overwhelmed by the generous gift and said individuals would be given the opportunity to pick a purse as they came in to receive a meal or shelter. This initiative came from Local 1231 members who gathered resources available from their… Read More »LL1231 puts “Service to the Community” into action

17 May, 2022 Kelowna, BC – The membership ratified a new 3-year Collective Agreement. The deal sees a wage increase of 4% each year. Other improvements included an enhanced severance package in the event of plant closure from 17 weeks to 24 weeks. The members had concerns regarding the possibility of plant closure since the facility sits on prime land in downtown Kelowna BC. Other gains were in boot allowance,… Read More »Members of LL 692 at Monashee Manufacturing Ratifies new deal by 89%