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After 30 years of dedicated and loyal service to RRC and as a member of LL2468, Juliette aka “Cookie” has taken her much-deserved retirement. I met Cookie when I first started at RRC in 1993, and I’ll always remember how she was always smiling and always willing to help in any way she could, be […]
After 7 years working for Rolls-Royce in the UK as a fitter, followed by 7 years working as a fitter at RRC (LL869), then 40 years working as a Planner/Repair Technician for RRC and Siemens (LL2468), Rachpal has decided that it was time to retire. I worked with Rachpal for several years on 2nd shift […]
A journey which began on May 14, 2018, with a different Negotiation Team and which involved three different business representatives, came to a conclusion on April 15, 2020 with the ratification vote by the membership, accepted at 87%.
These negotiations were the longest in LL 2468 history, lasting almost two years. They are also the […]
Once again, the IAMAW contributed the most participants from any one union in Canada: 84 of 400 union representatives for the CLC annual lobby day were Machinists! This marks the third time in as many years that the IAMAW led the way for lobbying efforts on Parliament Hill.
Encore une fois, l’AIMTA a contribué le […]
For the first time since Siemens AGT was created, IAMAW GVP, Canadian Territory, Stan Pickthall, and Chief of Staff, Gordon Falconer, visited Siemens AGT on October 10, 2019. Stan and Gord were accompanied by myself, Daren Legault and Michel Vincent (Shop Committee, 869) at the Courval site, and with Michael Munn at the 9505 Cote-de-liesse […]
Union and company representatives from Canada, the US and Germany gathered in May for the annual Siemens Labour Meeting, held this year in San Antonio, TX.
One of the most concerning topics discussed was union density within Siemens in North America; Union representation has continued to drop in the US, as Siemens moves work […]
REPORT ON THE 2019 ANNUAL CLC LOBBYING DAY IN OTTAWA
Myself, Stephane Paré, Neil Giroux and over 300 other union representatives visited our nation’s capital on February 26, 2019, in order to lobby the federal government on several very important issues affecting many Canadians. Once again, the IAMAW represented the most members from […]
After having worked for 37 years in many roles, including technical clerk, technical assistant, Technical Assistant – Test and finally as Time Keeping Coordinator, Barbara Clancy has decided to hang up her badge. Having worked through many challenges, both physical and emotional, Barbara always persevered and delivered. Barbara was also a Local 2468 Communicator, Recording […]
Brother George Zoni, President, and Brother Ivan Halar, VP, attended the 2018 IAMAW Aerospace conference in Fort Worth, Texas, from September 10 to 14, 2018. The conference served to inform members of the current state of the aerospace business as a whole and how our aerospace members were doing within that business. As stated by […]
George Zoni and Nathalie Meunier were in Atlanta last week to attend the 3rd annual Siemens Workers’ Convention. This convention brings together people from Canada, the US and Germany in order to discuss the current issues facing workers at Siemens facilities. HR representatives from the US were on on-hand to give updates on the […]
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