Brother Dave Ritchie started his career with the IAMAW in 1995 and took his retirement in April, 2016. After 21 years of successful leadership for the IAMAW Canada, Brother Dave Ritchie has decided to retire and we would like the wish him a very happy retired life, with good health. He has been instrumental in taking the YYZ screeners under the wing of the IAMAW and guiding us with his wisdom and expertise in the Union World. Thank you,

In the first week of June, the company and the union worked long and hard to fairly negotiate some Full-Time positions that were required in YYZ as per operational requirements, and for the summer bid process. After many hours put in by the company and the union, there was initially an offer made to have 71 part-time officers become full-time. The union still tried to negotiate further and ended up with a total number of 81 position from part-time to