We are happy to report that the IAM has now filed with the Canadian Labour Board and a vote to elect your new union will be held in February. It has been a long road for all of you and soon you will reap the benefits and can finally say goodbye to the CAWU and get the representation and respect that you both need and deserve.

WHAT DID THEY WIN?  You need to ask the CAWU the following:  ‘What exactly did the CAWU win?’ Did the CAWU bring back all the screeners who were either suspended or terminated? The answer: NO! Did they get their own jobs back? Again NO! Why did they only spend about ten (10) minutes out of two days of hearings discussing getting the screeners back and why didn’t the CIRB rule on this item? Isn’t that what they were there to

Dear Member, The IAMAW is continually looking for ways to provide more values to our members.  I am pleased to announce we have selected the Personal Insurance Company as our association’s new and exclusive provider of home and auto group insurance. The Personal pioneered the concept of home and auto group insurance in Canada over 35 years ago. Now as one of the country’s largest group insurers, The Personal insures members and employees of more than 600 organizations in the

OTTAWA, Dec. 21, 2011 /CNW/ – The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Steven Fletcher, Minister of State (Transport), today announced the appointment of Lieutenant-General (retired) Angus Watt of Ottawa as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) for a five-year term, effective January 3, 2012.

In an election prompted by the merger of ExpressJet Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) emerged as the clear winner in a contest to determine union representation rights for more than 2,160 Flight Attendants.

Lately, many Screeners at YYZ have been outraged! Screeners have been telling us that the CAWU have been taking credit for bringing screeners back to work after the company took action against some of them this fall. Let’s be clear about a few things: