LL764 Air Canada Technical Operations, Logistics and Supply 2019 Negotiations Committee Representative Vacancy

If a volunteer does not step forward for this vacancy it will remain unfilled and YVR will not have a direct bargaining representative for the Technical Operations, Logistics and Supply work group in the 2019 round of collective bargaining. This group will be represented by the remaining elected members of the 2019 TMOS negotiations committee from other bases in that circumstance. Read Bulletin here…

EAP Retirement Presentation – Thursday Dec. 13, 2018 Time: 12-3pm

Retirement is no longer defined as the point at which we stop our full- time work. It is a stage in life in which work is no longer our central focus and where we can start to re-allocate our time to spend it on activities passions, pursuits and relationships meaningful to us. Retirement in the 21st century has the potential to be the best phase of our lives,
Please register for this session with Brian Bethell bbethell@iam764.ca for this presentation.
Thursday Dec. 13, 2018 Time: 12-3pm Read Bulletin here…

GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE THIS SEASON! Canadian Blood Services

I hope you will consider giving your time and booking a blood donation appointment. A wonderful way to save lives! The IAMAW Union Partner for Life Identification Code is: INTE010909

Book individually at www.blood.ca or 1 888 236 6283 For groups of three or more please contact karen.garcia@blood.ca (please include your dates. Preferred times and how many appointments)

Please take the eligibility quiz before booking: https://myaccount.blood.ca/en/eligibility-quiz

MTU MAINTENANCE – NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE – NOVEMBER 6, 2018

On October 3, 2018, the Union filed for the appointment of a Mediation Officer, pursuant to Section 74(1) of the Labour Relations Code.
Your Negotiations Committee resumed direct bargaining with the Company on October 16 – 18, 2018, as previously scheduled, in our continued effort to narrow the issues in disputes between the parties, prior to commencing mediation. Regrettable, we were unable to reach a Tentative Agreement that would satisfy the Membership in areas that you told us were of critical importance to resolve.

Read Bulletin here…

Arnie Krezanski – Celebration of life

Arnie Krezanski – Celebration of life is on Nov 3 / 2018 First Memorial Funeral Services 1211 Sutherland Ave. Kelowna 250-762-2299
In lieu of flowers family request that donations be made to JoeAnna’s House through the KGH Foundation Or Central Okanagan Hospice Palliative Care.

District Bulletin 45 – AIR CANADA TRANSFER REQUEST CANCELLATION

Members continue to contact the Union requesting assistance to decline self-initiated transfer/promotion/demotion applications after they have been awarded. These members have made the applications via the eVacancy tool on the Air Canada Employee Aeronet site. This “electronic” process was introduced in 2016 and provides a superior level of convenience and confirmation. It is user friendly, and has eliminated the need for the old paper forms and faxes of the past. Read Bulletin here…