Edmonton Airport Security Screeners Negotiate 12% Raise, Signing Bonus
Edmonton – Airport security screeners at Edmonton International Airport voted in favour yesterday to ratify a new collective agreement. Workers negotiated a 12% raise over the next two and a half years, along with a $1500 signing bonus of full-time workers and $750 for part-timers...
Airport Strike Over at Toronto Pearson
The 80-day strike at Pearson Airport by members of Teamsters Local Union 419 is officially over. “I would like to thank our members, mediators and the bargaining committee for their time and efforts over the past months,” said Harjinder Badial, Vice-President of Local Union 419.
Mulcair and Singh stand up for Gate Gourmet workers
The Leader of the Official Opposition Thomas Mulcair and MPP Jagmeet Singh (Bramalea-Gore-Malton) will attend a meeting organized by Teamsters Union Local 647
Garda Not Giving Paid Vaccination Leave to Alberta Airport Screening Officers
(Edmonton) – Garda, the company employing airport screeners at most Alberta airports, is refusing to provide its staff 3 hours paid vaccination leave. While...
Servisair workers choose Teamsters
Laval, September 30, 2013 – Servisair’s some 700 employees, who work at Toronto-Pearson and Montréal-Trudeau airports, have chosen the Teamsters Union.
The Canada Industrial Relations...
New Collective Agreement for Edmonton Airport Security Guards
Banked overtime and wage increases are some the highlights of the new collective agreement.
UPDATED: Strike Threatens In-Flight Meals, Holiday Travel from Ottawa Airport
Around 50 workers at Gate Gourmet in Ottawa could go on strike as early as 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, December 14, warns Teamsters Local Union 647.
Pearson Baggage Handling Company Hiring Untrained Temp Workers, Jeopardizing Safety
Baggage handling company Swissport hired close to 250 untrained temporary workers at Pearson International Airport. Teamsters Local Union 419, which represents regular baggage handling workers, is concerned that this may have compromised safety at the airport...
Air Inuit: New Collective Agreement After Two Years of Talks
The roughly 160 pilots and flight attendants employed by Air Inuit ratified a new collective agreement that guarantees industrial peace with the air carrier until 2023. Non-monetary and monetary clauses will be enhanced in the new contract. Teamsters Local Union 1999 has represented Air Inuit workers since 1996...
Solidarity with Air Canada Flight Attendants
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This morning, hundreds of Air Canada flight attendants rallied in the rain outside the company’s headquarters near Montréal’s airport.
Teamsters Canada...
