District 140 Negotiations Committee/Comité de négociation du District 140

After the rejection of the Tentative Agreement by our members, your Negotiations Committee were prepared to meet with the company and re-open the negotiations process. We were called to meet with Air Canada over the weekend to discuss an additional offer. 
The company had no intentions to open the process and did not want to meet [...]

On Friday June 12, 2009, the IAMAW District 140 Air Canada bargaining committee met with DL 140 General Chairpersons, Local Lodge Presidents and Shop Committee Chairpersons from Air Canada to explain the tentative agreement. IAMAW Counsel Hugh O’Reilly outlined why it was important to IAMAW members that Air Canada not enter into bankruptcy protection for [...]

Before the IAMAW entered into bargaining with Air Canada this year, it canvassed the membership to determine what they wanted most out of the negotiations. The membership said it wanted to protect pensions, protect the collective agreement, gain increased job security and accomplish this without making any concessions. District 140 President and Directing General Chairperson [...]

Your Clerical Negotiations Committee has reached a tentative agreement with Air Canada that will allow the company to continue flying, while protecting both your Collective Agreement rights and your Pension entitlements.
The committee comprised of Sister Rhonda MacLachlan (YYZ), Brother Ron Mckelvie (YVR), Sister Frances Pion (YUL) and General Chairperson Paul Lefebvre, have worked through many [...]

After a long and grueling past few weeks and finally under the supervision of retiree Judge James Farley, your Negotiations Teams have finalized a tentative agreement with Air Canada. It provides a memorandum that will see our Collective Agreement expiring March 31, 2011.
We were forced to bargain in a cost neutral arena, which made it [...]

CAW, IAMAW and CALDA Reach Tentative Agreement with Air Canada, Protecting Pensions
TORONTO, June 9 /CNW/ – After weeks of intense negotiations three unions – CAW, IAMAW and CALDA – have reached a tentative agreement with Air Canada. The agreement was reached with the assistance of federal government appointed mediator Justice James Farley whose mandate was [...]

Friday June 5, 2009
Toronto, ON – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Air Canada’s largest union, says it is willing to work with newly appointed mediator James Farley.
Farley, a former Ontario Supreme Court judge who presided over the airline’s court-protected restructuring in 2003 and 2004, has been appointed by Ottawa to help mediate [...]

June 04, 2009
Government of Canada Appoints Mediator in Air Canada Pension Talks
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today announced that the Honourable James Farley, Q.C., has been asked to mediate between Air Canada, its unions and its retiree associations in devising a sustainable path for the airline company’s pension plan.
“Mr. Farley is a recognized [...]

UPDATE ON NEGOTS
Your negots team has been meeting non stop directly with the company since Monday June 01, 2009.
We were asked to meet and discuss coming to an agreement on the company’s need for Labour peace. We met throughout the day Monday until 02:00 Tuesday morning discussing issues not related to the pension plan. The [...]

Friday May 29, 2009
For Immediate Release
Toronto, ON – Air Canada’s largest union says the company must change the way it operates if it wants an agreement! That’s the consensus from the three bargaining committees of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers who are meeting with company officials today.
“There has to be paradigm shift [...]