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We have been advised that Homewood Health Services has completed an investigation into a recent security breach, as is explained further on their website at https://homewoodhealth.com/corporate/data-incident . The EFAP have been asked to post the following Homewood notice to employees. Read Bulletin here…

This is the official announcement of the 2022 IAM Photography Contest. It is open to all IAM members in good standing. Entries should catch IAM members at work in unposed photos. Winning entries will win a cash prize and will appear in the 2023 IAM Calendar. Two dollars from each calendar sale is donated to Guide Dogs of America/Tender Loving Canines (GDA/TLC). Read Bulletin here…

This bulletin is to advise all Transportation District 140 members of the IAMAW Multi-Employer Pension Plan (MEPP) that the MEPP administration office will be moving effective February 1, 2022. The new mailing address for the MEPP is: 116 Lisgar Street – Suite 204, Ottawa, ON, K2P 0C2

All Members should use this new address effective immediately as the return mailing address for all enrollment forms, beneficiary change forms, address change forms or any other correspondence with the MEPP Administrator.  Read Bulletin here…

The 2022 IAM Scholarship Competition is accepting applications and has added a new program which will allow entrants the option to apply online. The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada.

If you opt to apply via mail-in, the application packet must be postmarked by February 11, 2022, and received no later than February 23, 2022.

Applications, rules, and general information can be found on the 2022 IAM Scholarship Competition page.

In 2021, the IAM awarded 16 scholarships valued at $64,000. The winners were selected out of over 300 applicants

The enactment of various provincial health restrictions designed to reduce the spread of the Covid-19
pandemic have prevented your IAMAW Air Canada Pension Committee from holding any in-person
pension seminars during most of 2020 and all of 2021.
At this time, it is still not possible to confirm seminar dates for any Local Lodge or city. However,
members are asked to monitor their Local Lodge websites and bulletin boards as we move later into
the spring of 2022. Pension Seminar notices will be posted (typically one month in advance) in each
Local Lodge when we are able to schedule them. Read Bulletin here…

As you will recall, the various shift bid related grievances were upheld at arbitration in December 2020. As part of her award, Arbitrator Schmidt referred the issue of remedy back to the parties while remaining seized of the matter.
With the assistance of legal counsel, your Union has been working hard in the background to achieve the best outcome possible for the Membership. Unfortunately, the employer is using every mechanism at their disposal to delay and frustrate the process. Read Bulletin here…

This Bulletin is to advise there will be no Administrative Staff in the District Lodge offices in Montréal, Toronto or Vancouver between Monday, December 20, 2021 and Friday, December 31, 2021. Staff will be returning to the offices on Monday, January 3, 2022.

In my previous bulletin #49, I made a statement regarding members on unpaid leave. That statement read: “With all the retirement packages, leaves of absence and layoffs, an updated list will be submitted to Homewood December 31, 2021. From that point, only active members will be covered by Homewood.” Read Bulletin here…

This communication is intended to provide our members with a more detailed explanation and a better understanding of both the 2009 Share Trust Agreement and the November 2021 Share Trust Repurposing Agreement.

These agreements are narrowly focused and while they will provide a benefit for most of our active members and all of our pensioners, they will not provide a benefit for all of our active members. In 2009, all IAMAW members employed by Air Canada were members of the Defined Benefit pension plan. The original 2009 Share Trust Agreement provided additional funding security to all of Air Canada’s Defined Benefit pension plans, and by extension, to all IAMAW active members and pensioners at that time. Read Bulletin here…

The amount of Union Dues paid by each individual in the Machinist Union is determined by the Membership at a democratic forum. At the
International (Grand Lodge) level, the per capita tax is established by the Delegates to the Grand Lodge Convention every four years. Read Bulletin here…

Further to District Lodge 140 bulletin number 48 issued on October 25th, your Union has learned that Air Canada is moving ahead with their intention to “rehire” retirees in the Airports/Cargo category. It is the Districts’ understanding that the Company re-commenced contacting retirees as recently as Friday November 5th, despite your Union’s on-going objection to their plan. Read Bulletin here…