On Friday July 5th, the IAM ratified a new 3-year collective agreement for the 122 members of Local 2413 employed with SkyCafe at the Toronto and Ottawa airports.
“The IAM Local 2413 Bargaining committee pushed the employer as hard as we could,” said Michael Corrado, IAM District 140 General Chairperson. “We used the conciliation process and strategically timed the release of a survey about our members wage expectations and their willingness to strike if their expectations were not met”.
The agreement focused on large wage increases along with a significant increase to the amount of paid sick days that this provincially-regulated employer provides.
Most of our members will experience an approximately 25% wage increases over 3 years. Additionally, paid sick days were increased by 67% for the membership.
“Good deals with living wages are what workers and IAM members deserve,” concluded Corrado.
The IAM Members voted 96.9% in favour of this new CBA which reflected the expectations of the membership.
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Bargaining Committee membersfrom left: Michael Corrado, Madhu Mehta and Collin Buchanan.
For more information:
Michael Corrado, General Chairperson
IAM District 140