Category Archives: Finning Strike 2011

The Finning BC 2011Strike on YouTube

Posted on 21/09/2011 by Alastair

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Finning Contract Ratified – Strike Ends on Union Terms

Posted on 29/07/2011 by Alastair

Collective Agreement Ratified
IAM Membership
Votes 74% in Favour of Union Recommendation

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The Machinists Union’s membership have voted in favour of a New Collective Agreement at Finning, bringing an end to their five-week Strike.
All Picket Lines are to come down immediately.
The final tally on ballots is as shown below:

To Accept 428
To Reject 151
Total Votes [...]

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New Collective Agreement Reached

Posted on 23/07/2011 by Alastair

Union Committee Recommends
Acceptance of Memorandum
Full Text of Memorandun of Agreement 
By now all members will have had an opportunity to review the Memorandum of Agreement that was reached in our negotiations today with the Company. The Memorandum was posted on the website immediately following signing of the documents, and it is recommended by the Union. We [...]

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General Vice President for Canada, Dave Ritchie, Joins Finning Picket Lines

Posted on 22/07/2011 by Alastair

 

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Dave Ritchie, IAMAW GVP for Canada, came to BC to support LL692, on strike against Finning. He spent Wednesday (July 20) traveling to the Victoria and Nanaimo picket lines.
Dave was able to bring the good news Finning is returning to the bargaining table today, Friday July 22.

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Vancouver Island Shop Steward School

Posted on 22/07/2011 by Alastair

 

Shop Stewards from Vancouver Island have concluded a two day training session at the Coast Harbourside Hotel in Victoria. Ten stewards representing the diversity of IAMAW Union shops, hailing from Local Lodges 16, 456, 692 and 1857, were led by National Education Representative Gord Falconer through an intensive course covering everything from the structure of our Union [...]

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