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Organize Your Workplace
If your workplace isn't represented by a union
and you would like moreinformation about
how we can help you just like we've been helping members of the IAM for
more then 100 years.
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to start the gears in motion.
JOIN THE IAM
District Lodge 78
557 Dixon Road, Unit 102
Etobicoke, Ontario
M9W-6K1
or call us at
(416) 225-9003
Fax (416) 225-9007
The IAM....... more than just Aerospace
The IAM
represents over 40,000 workers across Canada
from a wide range of industries including
manufacturing, healthcare, hotel, food, warehousing, transportation,
auto dealers, universities,
city workers.
We can say with pride today, IAM contracts are among the best in Canada.
Our members earn top
wages, have benefits and pensions.
For over one hundred (100) years, the IAM has been providing it's
members with job security and
fairness in the workplace.
If this sounds good to you,
contact one of our organizers at 416-579-0854
or by email at
sjackson@iamdl78.org .
Scott Jackson
Roy Bansingh
Ralph Martin
District Lodge 78 Organizers
Newly Organized Members of the IAM
Sarnia, ON – Employees of
Voyageur Patient Transfer
Services are the latest
workers from the health care
sector to join the
International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace
Workers.
“These people were aware of
the growing number of
Patient Transfer Workers who
have joined the Machinists
for better representation,
wages and benefits,” said
IAMAW District Lodge 78
Organizer Scott Jackson.
“There is a great desire by
the workers for structure in
this industry and that’s one
of the big reasons they are
turning to us.”
“I can’t say enough about
the hard work of apprentice
organizer Ralph Martin. He
was in constant contact with
our new members either by
text messaging or through
the use of our web site.
Communication was a key
factor,” added Jackson.
The 15 newest members of
IAMAW District Lodge 78
provide non-emergency
ambulatory patient transfers
in the Lambton County area.
IAMAW, among the largest
industrial trade unions in
North America, represents
more than 700,000 active and
retired members, and
administers more than 5,000
contracts in transportation,
woodworking, aerospace,
manufacturing and defense
related industries.
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Hamilton, On – Members of
IAMAW Local Lodge 1295
employed with Ontario
Patient Transfer have
ratified their first
collective agreement.
“This is a good first
agreement and it goes a long
way to improving employee
relations,” said a pleased
Collin Cherry, IAMAW Grand
Lodge Representative. “The
majority of our membership
is under the age of 30 and
their biggest issue was a
paid lunch,” explained Chief
Steward and bargaining
committee member Rob North.
“It works out to just over a
dollar per hour in pay and
thanks to the Machinists,
it’s no longer a problem.”
The paid lunch break amounts
to a wage increase of 8 per
cent in the first year of a
three-year agreement. The
agreement also provides wage
increases of 2 per cent in
the second and third year
respectively. Other
agreement highlights
include:
• Established scheduling
language
• Increased call-in pay
• Established contract
language
The one hundred members
provide non-emergency
ambulatory patient transfers
from Hamilton to Toronto in
the east and as far west as
Niagara Falls. The IAMAW
also represents patient
transfer workers at Medi-Van
in Winnipeg, Ambutrans in
Toronto and Voyageur Patient
Transfer Service in Sarnia.
IAMAW, among the largest
industrial trade unions in
North America, represents
more than 700,000 active and
retired members, and
administers more than 5,000
contracts in transportation,
woodworking, aerospace,
manufacturing and defense
related industries.
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New members of
the IAM:
Ratification
Meeting at Crown Plaza Hotel. June 26, 2008
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