Important Characteristics
Standing up for workers rights
Standing up for workers rights
Standing up for workers rights
Vote for Michael Corrado if you want someone who dedicates himself 24/7 & 365 days a year in advocating for workers rights.
This is NOT a Monday to Friday 9-5 job!
It is a lifestyle that requires a dedicated commitment where you give 150% to this position and this position only!
I am a true worker activist who always makes time to organize and participate in rallies, festivals and demonstrations that advance the interests of workers, especially airport workers.!
There is a big difference between being a union representative and an activist. To me, a good union representative needs to be both! Otherwise you are simply going through the motions and not giving the 150% that makes a difference in peoples lives.
If you want to vote for someone else who wont give you anywhere near a 150% effort, then you don't comprehend what a Union is for and what a Union is supposed to provide to its members.
Or perhaps you have not had the privilege and good fortune of having Michael Corrado organize your workplace, negotiate your collective agreement, or fight for your rights.
Qualifications
Standing up for workers rights
Standing up for workers rights
- Negotiation training
- Advanced Negotiation training
- Arbitration training
- Advanced arbitration training
- Health and Safety training
- Advanced Health and Safety training
- Pension training
- Organizing training
- WSIB training
- First Contract training
- Steward Training
- Advanced Steward training
- Activist training
- Leadership 1 training
- Leadership 2 training
- Advanced Leadership training
- Train The Trainer
- Thorough understanding of the Canada Labour Code
- Great understanding of Group Insurance Benefits, how they work and costs associated to them.
- Various employment law courses at Humber College
- Proficient with multiple computer programs including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, etc. and do most all my own secretarial work.
- Strong communicator who enjoys face to face discussions but also uses a multitude of tools to communicate with members to address issues (email, text, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans, WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, etc.)
Skills & Accomplishments
Standing up for workers rights
Skills & Accomplishments
- Successfully negotiated close to 70 contracts with extremely high success rates!
- Four consecutive 100% ratification votes in 2021, three in 2019 and a couple more in 2022.
- Directly involved in growing the Union by 1500+ members!
- One of the original Executive Board Members of Transportation District Lodge 140.
- Past Local 2413 President for a 12 year period.
- Past Group Insurance Plan administrator for approximately 275 workers at Local 2413.
- Past editor and publisher of the Local 2413 newsletter “The Pearson Post”.
- Created and maintained the 1st ever website at Local 2413.
- Fought to ensure the deicing of aircraft stopped being performed at the gates to ensure workers were not exposed to hazardous chemicals
- Speaks publicly at Airport Authority Annual Public Meetings to advocate for workers.
- Spoke at a Labour Start conference at Ryerson University about contract flipping and the negative effects it has on safety and security at Canada’s airports.
- Spoke at the University of Toronto at a $15 and Fairness conference about the tactics used to win the Fight For $15 and Fairness at 3 companies at the Ottawa Airport at the same time.
- One of the main activists responsible for the accomplishments of the Toronto Airport Workers Council (TAWC) which held street festivals at Terminal 1 on International Workers Day (May 1st) and on the 2019 Labour Day weekend.
- Spoke at the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) congress in Singapore about the importance of empowering workers and the activist work with the Toronto Airport Workers Council (TAWC).
- Involved in the implementation of an airport wide Labour Safety Council that has representatives from Pearson Airports 6 main unions.
Workload
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Skills & Accomplishments
The Designated Service General Chairperson position that I have held since November 2011, by far, has the biggest workload out of any General Chairperson position in Ontario and perhaps in Canada.
There are 13 collective agreements containing approximately 1500 members to administer, negotiate & provide proper representation to.
These 13 employers are located in Toronto, Ottawa, Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout. They require quite a bit of travel and much time away from home. I have also been relied upon to help negotiate contracts in other cities and provinces.
This position requires frequent travel to the USA to attend training courses and staff conferences. It requires dedication, as I am expected to be away from home and family for weeks at a time.
With 13 collective agreements comes knowing 13 Companies, their 13 management teams & fully understanding these 13 contracts. It means knowing and dealing with with 13 steward bodies, 13 chief stewards, 13 shop committees, 13 health & safety committees, 13 bargaining committees, scheduling committees, etc.
With a workload this size, the amount of correspondence that is generated and required is significant and would be overwhelming to someone with little or no experience.
A General Chairperson is expected to be proficient in computer skills and write most all of their own correspondence including letters, notices, bulletins, collective agreements, bargaining proposals, legal briefs, along with thousands of emails, text messages, etc.
You need to willingly be mentored over a period of time to be able to learn this job. Fortunately, I was mentored over 15+ years and held almost every position within our Union before I was ready to take on this all encompassing role.
A legitimate candidate needs to know where these 13 businesses are located and be introduced to all the 13 related workplace committees.
A legitimate General Chairperson needs to know how to process grievances and conduct arbitrations, conciliations and mediations. They need to know how to handle Labour Board matters and proceedings, unfair labour practices, duty of fair representation matters, and general WSIB issues. They need to have a detailed understanding of part 2 of the Canada Labour Code and the various regulations that are associated to Health and Safety.
Knowing how to use excel and other programs to cost out the 13 contracts is essential.
Knowing and fully understanding the Unions Constitution, along with the bylaws and policies of the District Lodge and Local Lodge is also essential.
Being able to stand in front of large groups of people to give reports, speeches, presentations, etc. and fully explaining tentative agreement offers that are reached at bargaining tables to Union members is a vital part of the position.
Lastly and most importantly, you need to know how to organize non unionized workplaces and be dedicated in doing so. I can proudly say that I have had much success in this area. I am currently in the middle of a couple of organizing campaigns that I am determined to win so workers can empower themselves and make their workplaces better.
This is NOT a job that you apply for because you want a pay increase and hope to win a popularity contest!
You should only run for this position or nominate a person to it if you feel that the candidate has the qualities, skills, work ethic and qualifications needed to perform what has been described above and on this webpage.
If you want a representative who is fully and completely dedicated to service you and your fellow Union co-workers, then vote Michael Corrado.
If you feel you deserve someone who can deliver Competent, Constructive Leadership at a time when it is much needed then vote for Michael Corrado.
The decision is yours!
Negotiating industry leading contracts
Promoting other capable and qualified candidates
Promoting other capable and qualified candidates
Elect Michael Corrado if you want to have a representative with a proven track record of success.
- Negotiated ground breaking Pandemic job protection for airport workers.
- Negotiated paid isolation days.
- Negotiated continued benefits while on layoffs due to the pandemic.
- Negotiated pandemic PPE inventory into collective agreements.
- Negotiated 16 weeks notice or pay in lieu for layoffs of 50 or more.
- Negotiated 10 paid sick days into contracts well in advance of new legislation.
- Preparing for strategic coordinated bargaining in advance of the multitude of contracts expiring in 2024 (otherwise known as the #WarIn24)
- Previously won the fight for $15 and Fairness at every single bargaining table and made it known at bargaining tables that he will strike any employer that didn't provide their employees with $15 and Fairness..
- I continue to negotiate increases to all workers rates of pay while at the same time raising all entry levels.
- I ensure the next generation of worker is looked after and has a better chance of success in life.
Protecting the future is the trait of a true labour leader and experienced negotiator.
Promoting other capable and qualified candidates
Promoting other capable and qualified candidates
Promoting other capable and qualified candidates
I strongly endorsed Dan Janssen as the candidate for General Chairperson!
He is one of the most dedicated, capable and reliable Labour representatives I have ever had the privilege and honour of working with.
Dan has been a General Chairperson for the past 4 years and has done a great job! He has done so during the most difficult times in almost a century, otherwise known as the Covid Pandemic.
Prior to being a General Chairperson, Dan was the Vice President of IAM Local 2323. He is one of the strongest advocates for improved Health & Safety conditions at Toronto Pearson Airport and beyond.
Dan is politically astute. Presently he serves as a municipal councilor in Ward 2 of the Severn Township. He also ran for office at the provincial and federal levels.
Together we have worked on many projects. We have taken on the Greater Toronto Airport Authorities (GTAA) and made gains that fostered a positive difference in our members workplaces and in their lives!
Dan is assigned to represent the IAM members at AAS, Allied Aviation, CUPE, Dexterra, Garda Access Control, Field Aviation, TBH, and others.
I have complete faith in Dan and know that he is quite capable in administrating these contracts and providing top notch representation to the IAM members at these workplaces.
It has been my great honour and privilege in providing Dan with any assistance he needs to improve these contracts and the level of representation that these members deserve.
“True leaders lift people up, not hold them down”.
Important Values
Activist
There is a big difference between being an activist and being a union representative!
I combine both which keeps my moral compass pointing true north.
Politics
Being politically aware of issues affecting workers and knowing which politicians are noble or trustworthy enough to assist in protecting & advancing workers rights is so very important.
Unions need to make it a goal to run their own for political office, if we truly want meaningful change.
Family
Being a proud father, a loving husband, and responsible family man are blessings that I do not take for granted.
My family has been there for me throughout this noble career path that I am on, and we often participate in functions together.
YOW Photo Op Demonstration - The Federal Fight for 15 and Fairness & Saving Canadian Aviation
