IAM Political Action

The CLC will be using social media and its website to promote the poster themes, with complementary content to show how the labour movement’s work in that area benefits all Canadians. We will feature one workplace poster theme every one or two months, on the following schedule:

November2013 –  Decent Wages

December 2013 – Decent Pensions

January 2014        Job Training

February 2014      Maternity Leave

March 2014          Job Security

April 2014             Safe Workplaces

May and June 2014   Fair Treatment at Work

July 2014                      Paid Vacations

August 2014                  Health Benefits

September 2014           Decent Work Hours

Additional poster themes are in development.

Members from all over BC, attending CLC session.

Saturday September 28,  IAM delegates from all over British Columbia come together to make Fairness Work for all

 IAM members from LL’s 11,16,456,692,764,1857,and 2711 participated in the CLC’s Together  Fairness Works conference. The leadership from British Columbia worked on understanding the political attacks our union faces today with the current Federal Government. Delegates learned ways to plan out a communication model to ensure all IAM sisters and brothers in the province are aware of  the harmful legislation that is in design by Stephen Harper. The Fairness works Campaign is connected with the IAM Surveys that are currently going out to every IAM member in Canada.

Paul Pelletreau
Business Representative
IAMAW District 250

The IAM District 78 Political Action Committee kicked off officially on Thursday, 10 October, 2013 at the District office on Dixon Road in Etobicoke, Ontario.

The meeting was facilitated by Gord Falconer, IAM Canada’s Special Representative in charge of Political Action. Locals affiliated with the District attended this inaugural meeting and will take it to their home locals across the province.

From left to right: Rick Sansom (Local 717T in Mississauga), Glenn Annett (Local 103 in Stratford), Paula Jacques (Local 103 in Stratford), Phoenix Yuan (District 78 Organiser), Craig Mansell (Local 1975 in Saint Thomas), James Char (Local 2113 in Markham), Kim Valliere (District 78 Business Representative), Gord Falconer (IAM Canadian Office),  Jim Snider (District 78 Business Representative), Derek Ferguson (District 78 Business Representative), Pauline Pegnam (Local 1922 in Mississauga), Diane Carey (Local 901 in Ajax), Steve Myronyk (Local 1922 in Mississauga), Ralph Martin (District 78 Directing Business Representative)

DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION. This was a presentation to the Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa and paves a path to re-creating the Open Shop in Canada

Merit Canada is the national voice of eight provincial open shop construction associations.

“The term, “open shop,” simply describes a workplace where membership or non­-membership in a union is not a condition of employment.” This means getting trying to eliminate unions, nothing less.

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