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Your Clerical Bargaining Committee and Air Canada have reached the tentative agreement for the 2019 CBA opener. We will be having ratification sessions and online ratification vote.
Members MUST sign-up to the GoogleForm by October 4, 2021 with their information. You MUST enter your PERSONAL emails address. We do not accept work email addresses. Read Bulletin here…

Here is a link to the response from IAM Canada to mandatory vaccinations Link to Response here…

Arbitrator Vince Ready has ruled in favour of the Union and ordered the pension cap increase retroactive to the effective date of the Collective Agreement, April 1, 2019.

Details regarding the process and timelines for members who wish to make retroactive contributions on their eligible pensionable earnings will be communicated as they become available. Those Members who previously elected to retire under the Early Retirement Incentive Program (ERIP) are eligible for buyback, if they so choose. Read Bulletin here…

As communicated in our last bulletin on the matter (District 140 bulletin # 36 issued August
18th, 2021), the IAMAW sent letters to employers in the federal sector in air transportation
requesting meetings to discuss the matter of mandatory vaccinations, prior to any policies
being created. Read Bulletin here…

Those of you affected by periods of ODS in 2021 should be aware that you have the opportunity to buy back that unaccumulated pensionable service. To apply for the buyback, you are required to contact HR Connex within 90 days after returning to work from ODS. This was previously communicated in a Company
document dated January 2021. Read Bulletin here…

As part of the schedule agreed to earlier this year, the parties met on August 13th in
front of Arbitrator Corinn Bell to review and discuss current CAT 38 staffing levels,
particularly in the B stations. Read Bulletin here…

Recent announcements about mandatory vaccinations are raising questions, and valid concerns among District 140 Members. The IAMAW is not taking this development lightly, and we are firm in our position that there are limitations to employer’s mandating workplace vaccinations. Read Bulletin here…

Local Lodge Presidents from across the country who represent Members working for Air Canada, to discuss the negotiations preparation process for the TMOS National Bargaining Committee per the Transportation District 140 Bylaws, each of the Local Lodges Bylaws and Appendix XXXXIV of the TMOS Collective Agreement. Read Bulletin here…

As a follow-up to bulletin No. 005 issued on January 27th of this year, the arbitration process has now concluded for the grievances regarding one-category recall. This arbitration hearing was raised to a full evidentiary process and the parties required three (3) full days to make all arguments. Unfortunately, Arbitrator Schmidt ruled in favour of the Company and dismissed the Union’s grievances. Read Bulletin here…

GVP Stan Pickthall Retirement – Farewell Letter Read here…

The election for the President and Directing General Chairperson position of the Transportation District 140 has come to a close. The election tellers have provided the following results. The election results for the President and Directing General Chairperson position are as follows. Read Bulletin here…
• Dave Flowers (LL2323) – 165 votes.
• Maxime Nicole (LL1751) – 100 votes.

On May 12th, your Committee of General Chairpersons went to bat again to defend our collectively bargained rights. The Company’s utter contempt for the Collective Agreement and disdain for its employees was again painfully manifest with the invocation of a second wave of Off-Duty Status (ODS) commencing in January of this year, almost eight (8) months after the initial period of ODS transitioned to the lay-off, bumping and recall provisions of Article 16. Read Bulletin here…

The election for the President and Directing General Chairperson & the Secretary Treasurer position of the Transportation District 140 has come to a close. The election tellers have provided the following results. The election results for the President and Directing General Chairperson position are as follows. Read Bulletin here…

As most of you are aware, the Company has commenced vacation reconciliation for 2020 and issued overpayment notices on April 28th. Based on information received, there is much confusion regarding vacation accrual/entitlement during the CEWS periods in 2020. Read Bulletin here…

Council of Unions Communication #1 Thursday, May 30, 2019 Read here…

Council of Unions Communication #2 Thursday, July 18, 2019 Read here…

Council of Unions Communication #3 Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Read here…

This document is to advise our members of a change to the process previously communicated to our
members with respect to retirement applications that had been submitted by members for either of a
June 1, 2021 or July 1, 2021 retirement date. Read Bulletin here…

Memorandum of Agreement – Re: Joint Planning Committee / June 2020 Lay-Off Mitigation Program (Pension)
Between Air Canada (the “Company” or “Air Canada”) –and – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) (“the “Union”) Read Memorandum here…

Vince Ready – Air Canada and IAM Interest Arbitration AWARD – 12 April 2021. Read Arbitration here…

After a lengthy and frustrating round of bargaining that commenced in March of 2019 and exhausted the mediation and interest arbitration stages of Appendix XXXXIV of the Collective Agreement, your IAMAW TMOS Bargaining Committees have received Arbitrator Vince Ready’s award. Read Bulletin here…

With reference to DL140 Bulletin No. 019 – 2021, this document is written to more fully explain the options provided to our members under the terms of the April 9, 2021, Lay Off Mitigation Program (Pension) Memorandum of Agreement between the IAMAW and Air Canada.

Specifically, this Pension MOA provides our members with an option for either an additional “Temporary Pension” under Section II of the MOA or an “Unreduced Pension from 55/80” under Section III of the MOA.

This Pension MOA is applicable to all IAMAW members within all three (3) of the Air Canada IAMAW Clerical, Finance and TMOS bargaining units who are members of the legacy Air Canada Defined Benefit pension plan.  Read Bulletin here…