Your Negotiations Committee met with the Company on June 5 & 6, 2018 for Direct Bargaining. We continued discussions on non-monetary proposals on matters relating to overtime, qualifications, seniority, vacation selection/alterations, filling of vacancies/lateral movements, student assignments, first aid attendants and statutory holidays. Read Bulletin here…

District 140 Auditor Elections will be held at our upcoming DL140 Convention being held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23 and 24, 2018. There are to be to be 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…

The IAMAW is pleased to see that a class action lawsuit on behalf of former Aveos employees has
been authorized to proceed by a recent decision of Québec’s Superior Court.

The Members of the Class are all ex-employees – Union and non-Union – of Air Canada’s overhaul
and maintenance centres in Montréal, Mississauga and Winnipeg who were negatively impacted by
Aveos’ closure, their spouses, heirs and/or beneficiaries. Read Bulletin here…

Toronto, ON – The IAM has turned the tables on the latest contract flip at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport by securing voluntary certification, a new collective agreement, and new members.

Contract flipping is common practice at Pearson allowed by the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) which normally means job loss for some of the affected workers, reduced wages and benefits for others. This contract flip involved Smarte Carte, the firm responsible for passenger baggage carts at the airport, who lost in a contract flip to Clarrion. However, instead of possibly losing their jobs or having reduced wages and benefits with the new employer, the Smarte Carte workers, members of the IAM, not only retained their jobs but their wages, benefits, seniority as well as their union, thanks to the IAM. Read Press Release here…

After discussions with Senior ACM Management, the IAM has an agreement that the long standing practice of compensating members at overtime rates (1.5 x reg. hourly rate of pay) for every scheduled hour worked on a statutory holiday while on a compressed work week, will continue until further notice. This grievance remains active. Read Bulletin here…

Your Negotiations Committee met with the Company on May 9, 10 and 11, 2018 for Direct Bargaining. We continued our exchange of non-monetary proposals and had dialogue on matters relating to Statutory Holidays, overtime, qualifications, seniority, sub-contracting, the grievance procedure, representational issues and Leave of Absence provisions. Read Bulletin here…

Executive Board Elections will be held at our upcoming DL140 Convention being held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23 and 24, 2018.

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.
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Toronto, On – Federal officials have charged Air Canada with a series of health and safety violations in the death of IAM Local Lodge 2323 member Ian Henrey Pervez.

Pervez was killed on April 22, 2016 on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport when the baggage-cart tractor he was driving flipped over, throwing him from the vehicle. Federal officials allege five health and safety violations of Part II of the Canada Labour Code, by the airline contributed to the death of Pervez. Read the Dispatch here…

Ottawa, ON – On Tuesday April 17th, the IAM petition opposing airport privatization is presented in the House of Commons, then on Friday April 20th, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announces the government will not proceed with airport privatization at this time. Coincidence, perhaps, but there’s no denying we had an impact! Read Dispatch here…

AIR CANADA STATUTORY HOLIDAY OVERTIME PAY – MEMBERS SCHEDULED TO WORK STATUTORY HOLIDAYS
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