COMMON FRONT Demonstration

Saturday March 20 2010 in Montreal

Rally starting at noon at Place du Canada, corner Peel and René Lévesque west

Peel or Bonaventure metro station

March sets of at 1:00 pm for Jean Charest office

Let's participate in large number!

IAMAW 5th Blood drive

For the 5th year the Machinists Union will have is annual blood drive.
This year the objective is 150 donors.

Date: March 18 2010
Time: 8h15 am to 8:00 pm
Where: Central mall Place Vertu, 3131 Boul. Côte Vertu, St-Laurent

 Bombardier C Series - an order of 3 billion $

Bombardier received a firm order of Republic Airways Holdings
 for the delivery of 40 C Series aircraft
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Colleagues and friends pay tribute to Suzanne Prud'homme

On February 19, 2010 colleagues and friends met to pay tribute and wish a beautiful retirement to Suzanne Prud'homme administrative assistant of the Grand Loge

First Collective Agreement between members of Local Lodge 712
and CPS Industries

After fifteen months of negotiation, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers, Local Lodge 712, District 11 signed on February 12, 2010 a first collective agreement with CPS industries. The agreement which has occurred between the employer and the trade union was accepted at 71% by the members.  We spent the time necessary for negotiating well and, even in such a difficult economic context, we made considerable gains for our members.
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Response of Rene Roy to the attacks of the Péladeau empire

René Roy
General Secretary QFL

Not happy with is inopportune speech, reactionary and anti-trade unionism at the time of the economic Meeting, here is that the Péladeau tycoon spits his overall venom on the funds of Quebekers workers. That journalists soliciting interviews on the QFL and the Solidarity funds admit ingenuously that “the order comes from the top” its shows the will of Pierre-Karl Péladeau to battle  with trade unions which dare to hold head to him
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Interview with David Chartrand at 98.5 FM

David Chartrand
President Directing Business Rep. District 11

Reaction of David Chartrand President Directing Businesses Rep. District 11, following a letter of Pierre Carl Péladeau who says very high what certain employers thinks low, it says that the trade unions harm the productivity of the companies in Quebec
                                          Audio interview (FRENCH)

Dave Ritchie
Canadian General Vice-President

“We’ve answered the call by our federal government to dig deep and contribute generously to the plight of this poverty-stricken nation as a result of this disaster,” said IAMAW Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie. “This is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere and it’s already had an unfair share of suffering and as an international organization we’re doing our part to ease that suffering with this donation.”
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