Airline Division update – May 21, 2004
This morning I was in attendance for a court appearance with all the Jazz and Air Canada unions and their counsel.
As all of the unions have come to tentative agreements Air Canada...
Tentative agreement at Air Canada Jazz
On Saturday, May 15th, 2004 at approximately 12:40am your negotiating committee and Air Canada Jazz reached a tentative agreement.
During the week of the 10th the Company placed a tremendous amount of pressure...
National Observance of the Day of Mourning, Ottawa April 28, 2004
Over 30 Teamsters attended the National Observance at Vincent Massey Park in Ottawa. With the Teamsters Canada truck, we made a positive statement about our support for the event and the importance of...
CAW strikers vote to accept CN settlement
MONTREAL - Members of the Canadian Auto Workers’ Union have voted to accept tentative agreements reached by their union with Canadian National Railway last Monday.
The vote puts an end to a...
Meeting between the Teamsters and Mr. Jim Karrygiannis
Teamsters Canada’s Freight and Tank Haul Division, and the Teamsters Canada Railway Conference met with Mr. Jim Karygiannis, MP Scarborough-Agincourt and Parliamentary Secretary of Transport, on Tuesday March 2, 2004 in Toronto.
A...
UTU healing begins following guilty plea
HOUSTON, Texas -- Former UTU President Byron A. Boyd Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court here Thursday, March 11, to one criminal count for which he was under indictment.
Boyd also retired from...
UTU: Paul Thompson elevated to international president
CLEVELAND -- United Transportation Union Assistant President Paul C. Thompson has assumed the duties of the office of president of the UTU following the March 2 decision of the UTU International Executive Board to...
A Former BLE Canadian Director passed away
WARNER, Stanley Angus WW II Veteran CN Retired Friday, February 20, 2004. Stanley Angus Warner age 77. Loving companion of Vivian and the late Madeleine. Father of Evelyn of Alberta, Keith of British Columbia...
Bargaining marathon between Teamsters Canada and Purolator
An agreement was reached after a bargaining marathon, which lasted several hours, between the bargaining committee of Teamsters Canada’s small packages division and the Purolator Courier company.
Teamsters Canada will submit the collective...
Purolator Workers in Canada Weigh Contract Offer
Pact Would Raise Wages, Pensions
Teamsters working at Purolator Courier Ltd. in Canada are voting now on a proposed contract that would raise wages and pensions. Voting began January 19 and will...
