{"id":320,"date":"2015-01-20T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/?p=320"},"modified":"2015-07-12T00:08:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T00:08:04","slug":"airline-unions-draw-incumbents-and-candidates-to-pac-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"Airline Unions Draw Incumbents and Candidates to PAC Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Toronto, ON \u2013 Members of IAM District Lodges 78 and 140 and CUPE Airline Division Political Action Committees held a meet and greet with NDP Incumbent MP\u2019s and MPP\u2019s and candidates for the upcoming federal election, last night at the IAM District Lodge 78 offices.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-7-IMG_2238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-323\" src=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-7-IMG_2238-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"PAC Meeting -7 IMG_2238\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-7-IMG_2238-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-7-IMG_2238-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-5-IMG_2233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-322\" src=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-5-IMG_2233-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"PAC Meeting -5 IMG_2233\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-5-IMG_2233-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-5-IMG_2233-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cOur ultimate goal is to give Harper the boot in the upcoming election and put in place a government that works for all Canadians,\u201d said Peggy Nash MP for Parkdale &#8211; High Park. Nash, an advocate of worker\u2019s rights and mindful of the struggles of airline workers is pushing for an increase to the minimum wage. Michelle Bilek, a candidate in the riding of Mississauga-Streetsville is pushing for more federal funding for affordable housing. \u201cThe homeless problem in Peel Region is just as disturbing as it is for Toronto,\u201d she told those in attendance. \u201cHomelessness may get the headlines and the media coverage in Toronto but it\u2019s an issue facing every municipality in this country and ignoring the problem while catering to corporations won\u2019t resolve it. The only way to bring about change is to give the Harper government the boot on Election Day.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The meeting allowed airline workers from both unions to express to the incumbents and delegates alike, the issues of political action and the upcoming election.<a href=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-2-IMG_2248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321\" src=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-2-IMG_2248-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"PAC Meeting -2 IMG_2248\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-2-IMG_2248-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-2-IMG_2248-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-4-IMG_2226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-324\" src=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-4-IMG_2226-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"PAC Meeting -4 IMG_2226\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-4-IMG_2226-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PAC-Meeting-4-IMG_2226-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, ON \u2013 Members of IAM District Lodges 78 and 140 and CUPE Airline Division Political Action Committees held a meet and greet with NDP Incumbent MP\u2019s and MPP\u2019s and candidates for the upcoming federal election, last night at the IAM District Lodge 78 offices. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pac.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}