IAM Ratifies New Agreement with Bearskin Airlines
Monday December 12, 2016
For Immediate Release
Thunder Bay, ON – Members of IAM Local Lodge 2413 have ratified a new collective agreement with Bearskin Airlines. The 30 mechanics, parts personnel and general maintenance workers ratified the agreement by a margin of 85 per cent.
The new three-year agreement provides wage increases of 1 per cent in the first year and 1.5 per cent in the second and third year respectively. Wage scale increases are retroactive to September 1, 2016. Other agreement highlights include;
- Increased shift premiums
- Increased meal allowances
- Increased sick day allowance
- Increased vacation days
- Increased clothing allowance
- Introduction of new job classification – general maintenance person
- Improved bereavement leave
- Improved layoff notice language
With its hub in Thunder Bay, Bearskin provides flights to Winnipeg, Kenora, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Dryden, Fort Frances, Kapuskasing, Timmins, North Bay, Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie. The IAM is the largest union in the Canadian Air Transport Sector.
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For further information:
Mike Corrado – IAM Transportation District Lodge 140 General Chairperson
905-671-3192/416-407-6535
Bill Trbovich – IAM Director of Communications
416-386-1789 Ext #6331/416-735-9765
