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On April 28, 2022, PDGC Dave Flowers and I met with Air Canada regarding EAP Funding. Due to a
change made by the Government of Canada, Air Canada and the IAMAW no longer qualify for the
Government’s Employee Insurance Reduction Plan. The EI Reduction plan has funded the EFAP for
the past 20 years. Read Bulletin here…

Executive Board Elections will be held at our upcoming DL140 Convention being held in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday October 25, 26 & 27, 2022.
There are to be nine (9) Board Members to be elected – one (1) from “Air Transport”, one (1) from “Service” and one (1) “At-Large”, from each of the three (3) Regions. The Western Region includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Central Region includes Ontario. The Eastern Region includes Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces.
Any Member in good standing and meeting the qualification requirements in Article 5.07 of the DL140 Bylaws will be eligible to run. Those qualifications are: Read Bulletin here…

District 140 Auditor Elections will be held at our upcoming DL140 Convention being held in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, October 25, 26 & 27, 2022.

There are to be to be three (3) Auditors elected in total, one (1) Western Region, one (1) Central Region and one (1) from the Eastern and Atlantic Regions combined. Read Bulletin here…

Last June, District Lodge 140 filed a grievance on behalf of some Members that did not receive severance pay after being placed on lay-off status for one (1) year or more.
The Company took the position that Members who did not elect to exercise certain bumping privileges under the terms of the Collective Agreement would forfeit entitlement to severance pay. Read Bulletin here…

The last few weeks have been very stressful for those Members that are currently held out of service
due to their vaccine status, and Air Canada’s recent notification to terminate their employment
effective May 2nd, 2022. Read Bulletin here…

The outstanding issue regarding eligibility of the pension cap increase retroactivity for those IAMAW Members who retired under the provisions of the ERIP has been resolved favorably.

At the beginning of April, the Pension Department will send a letter containing details and instruction to the home addresses of affected Members. Your Union has been advised Members will have four (4) weeks from receipt of notification to respond via email and indicate selection. Read Bulletin here…