As part of the on-going 2022 contract open process, mediation was scheduled for February 14 – 16, 2023, in Toronto under the direction of mediator Vince Ready.
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DISTRICT LODGE 140 23rd ANNUAL CONVENTION MONTREAL, QUEBEC DATES & VENUE PLACE
Please be advised that the 23rd Annual IAMAW Transportation District 140 Convention will be held on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 and Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Registration fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per person. Payment must be made by July 31, 2023.
More Information will be provided in the upcoming months. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 03 – AIR CANADA TMOS NEW SICK LEAVE
Members are advised that the new sick leave provisions of the CLC have been integrated into the legacy
sick leave provisions contained in our Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
Under the CLC, federally regulated employees are entitled to accrue up to ten (10) paid sick days per
calendar year. As of January 1, 2023, employees were allocated three (3) paid sick days and will further accrue one (1) day of paid sick leave per month up to a maximum of ten (10) days per calendar year. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 44 – AIR CANADA MAINTENANCE & TECHNICAL SERVICES JOINT TRAINING & LICENSING COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT
We are seeking one (1) representative from each region West, Central and East/Atlantic for a total of three (3) to form this Committee.
If you are in Maintenance or Technical Services, and are interested in applying for this
position, please send an email of interest to the President and Directing General
Chairperson, Dave Flowers at dflowers@iam140.ca by Friday, Decembers 30th, 2022. Read Bulletin here..
District Bulletin 37 – AIR CANADA – TMOS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
Your Negotiations Committee convened for a scheduled two weeks of bargaining with the company from September 12 – 23, 2022 in Toronto. It was a disappointing, though not surprising, exercise in futility. The company continued to display no real interest in meaningful bargaining. Other than the first few days at the opening of the bargaining session, there was very little in the way of actual face time with the company or discussion on the big issues Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 36 – AIR CANADA EFAP PROGRAM UPDATE
For this reason, our counselling reimbursement plan ($750 single/$1500 family) will
terminate. To ensure that all claims are paid before termination, members with outstanding
claims must submit their claim through Claims Secure before November 15, 2022. Any claims
submitted after Nov 15, 2022, will not be reimbursed. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 35 – AIR CANADA VACCINE POLICY GRIEVANCE UPDATE
Please be advised that during this hearing, the Union and our legal team have presented our case.
Due to the complexity of the grievance, further dates will be required in order for the arbitration to
continue; this includes allotting time for the company to present their case to the arbitrator. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 34 – AIR CANADA TMOS TRUTH AND RECONCILIATON HOLIDAY
The September 30th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will again be recognized in 2022 and on a going-forward basis will form a part of your Collective Agreement. The credit for the Holiday will be applied the same as last year, as per Article 12, regardless of shift pattern. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 33 – AIR CANADA – TMOS CATEGORY 38 UPDATE
As a follow up to Bulletin No. 37 dated August 2021, the parties have now secured another date with Arbitrator Corinn Bell to continue, and hopefully conclude, the CAT 38 grievances. The matter will move forward on February 9, 2023. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 32 – AIR CANADA TMOS OFF-DUTY STATUS GRIEVANCE UPDATE
Further to Bulletin No. 32 dated June 5, 2021, significant and positive progress has been made in
regard to the Off-Duty Status (ODS) grievance argued successfully at arbitration on May 12, 2021. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 31 – AIR CANADA VACCINE POLICY GRIEVANCE UPDATE
Further to Bulletin No. 028 dated July 21st, 2022, District Lodge 140 advised our members that we
will provide further information as to when the next dates the National Vaccine Policy Arbitration will
be held.
Please be advised that Arbitrator Ready has offered the Union and the Company with another date,
which both parties and our legal teams have agreed on. The next date that the National Vaccine
Policy Grievance Arbitration will be heard is Wednesday, October 12th, 2022. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 29 – AIR CANADA TMOS 2019 BARGAINING SUMMARY
Attached is the Air Canada TMOS – 2019 Bargaining Summary. Read here…
District Bulletin 28 – AIR CANADA NATIONAL GRIEVANCE VACCINE POLICY
Further to Bulletin No. 022 dated June 1st, the National Vaccine Policy grievance hearing commenced
on July 19th, in front of Arbitrator Vince Ready. Both parties were represented by their respective legal counsel and the Committee of General Chairpersons was in attendance. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 27 – AIR CANADA – TMOS NEGOTIATION UPDATE
Your 2022 Negotiations Committee recently reconvened with the Company for two (2) weeks of bargaining. The week of June 20th in Vancouver and the week of June 27th in Toronto.
These early stages of bargaining have mainly focused on detailed discussion, but some progress has been made. There is a myriad of issues to be addressed, as identified by the Membership in the Bargaining Survey. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 26 – AIR CANADA – TMOS YUL MEMBERS CURRENT SITUATION YUL AIRPORT
In the past three (3) days we saw management invoke forced overtime clauses in our contract to stave off several flights from being cancelled. The Union vehemently objects using these clauses in our contract to limp the operation forward. Forcing overtime is not a sustainable plan for our summer operation Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 25 – AIR CANADA – TMOS NEGOTIATION UPDATE
Your 2022 Negotiations Committee convened in Toronto from May 30th to June 10th. The first week of meetings were internal and resulted in both the Customer Service and TechOps Committees finalizing their individual and common agendas. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 23 – IAMAW MULTI-EMPLOYER PENSION PLAN MEPP ENROLLMENT FORMS AND DOCUMENTS
This bulletin is to advise all Transportation District 140 members of the IAMAW Multi-Employer Pension
Plan (MEPP), of a change to the MEPP enrollment process for new members. All new hire Transportation District 140 members who are hired with any of the ten (10) participating employers in the MEPP will receive an enrollment kit from the MEPP.
Effective immediately, all new hire members who are members of the MEPP, including those at Air Canada, should now submit their MEPP enrollment forms electronically via the MEPP website. The MEPP website can be accessed at www.iammepp.ca Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 22 – AIR CANADA NATIONAL GRIEVANCE VACCINE POLICY
Further to Bulletin No. 015 dated April 2, 2022, District Lodge 140 is pleased to advise that the parties have agreed to hear the national grievance regarding Air Canada’s mandatory vaccine policy on July 19th, in front of Arbitrator Vince Ready. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 21 – AIR CANADA TMOS WORK PLACEMENT PROGRAM
Air Canada has informed the Union that it will continue the Work Placement Program (Co-op), as early as June 1st. Your Union has reminded Air Canada that our signed Memorandum of Agreement applicable to the Co-Op program prohibits the implementation of students while Cat 1, 13 and 38 maintain recall. Read Bulletin here…
District Bulletin 20 – EFAP UPDATE AIR CANADA IAMAW MEMBERS
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…