Toronto Screeners

NOTICE
GARDA SCREENERS
FREE COVID-19 ANTIGEN TEST KIT

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Your Union has reached an agreement with the Company to provide freeCovid-19 Antigen testing kits to our members that are partially vaccinated.This agreement will save our partially vaccinated members a significantamount of money per week in Covid-19 related testing costs. The agreementis as follows: The Company will supply the Union with any material related to theCovid-19 Antigen test kit and the instructional video for the Union toprovide to members. Subject to availability from the Company, the

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Jim Patterson, Rest in Peace

Edmonton, AB – It is our sad duty to inform you that Brother Jim Patterson, Business Representative and Organiser for IAM District 14 passed away tragically this past weekend. Jim had an incident with the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) he was in. We will share more details as we have them. “His family and his job were of great importance to him,” said Kevin Clark, Directing Business Representative of DL14 in Edmonton. “It is a tragic loss to our IAM Family

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TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 140 MEMBERS
UNPAID LEAVE DUE TO VACCINATION STATUS

Dear Brothers & Sisters: This bulletin is intended for all members who have been placed on unpaid leave due to their vaccinationstatus. Information below refers directly to guidance from the EI program, specific to unpaid leaves of absencedue to mandatory vaccine policies. While the EI Commission has issued information for workers who are placed on unpaid leaves of absenceand gave employers guidance on how to code for these types of leaves, workers still have the right to file aclaim. The

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IAM Letter to Minister Alghabra regarding mandatory vaccinations

 October 21, 2021 By Email: omar.alghabra@parl.gc.caHonourable Omar Alghabra, MPMinister of TransportHouse of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Honourable Minister Alghabra,  I’m writing to you on behalf of 20,000 air transportation workers, and members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) with an urgent request for a meeting regarding Transport Canada’s guidance on federal vaccination mandates. It’s necessary to preface our concerns, and state that we are not opposed to mandatory vaccinations, rather we object to the process in

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