Why Join A Union? Get Unionized! Stay Unionized!

1. Better working conditions:

If you dread work, feel exploited, over-worked or undervalued, there are solutions. Union members work together to bargain better working conditions. Unions provide checks and balances to employers’ constant desire to raise profits, often denying employees a proper work/life balance in the process.

2. Money:

By bargaining together, unionized employees tend to receive better wages than non-union workers. Prosperous employees make communities healthier and stronger by sharing the wealth. The Union employs professional negotiators to get you annual increases so you don’t have to go begging to the boss as an individual.

3. Benefits:

Decent benefits should be part of every job. If that’s not the case now at your workplace, forming a union will ensure it’s part of your future. By negotiating together for contracts, workers get benefits that take care of both their needs and the needs of their families.

4.Retirement Income:

Retirement might seem way off in the future but it’s never too early to start saving money. That RRSP plan that the Union helped you negotiate will come in handy when you are looking to buy a home. A Pension or RRSP will provide you with guaranteed monthly income when you retire. Unions also lobby provincial and federal governments for better Canada Pension Plan benefits for all workers, not just those with a collective agreement, so everyone has more money in their pockets in their retirement years. Retirement plans and pensions are complicated. You need someone on your side to show the way.

5. Dealing with our boss is the worst:

Unions help ensure that job expectations are clear and reasonable. When everyone knows the rules, and you have an expert representative in your corner, employees can be shielded from bad bosses. And when the boss doesn’t follow the rules, a grievance process gives you the mechanism you need to fix the problem without having to hire a lawyer.

Today’s companies are constantly shifting directions, which means the boss you love today could be replaced by the boss from hell tomorrow. A good union contract will offer protection from favoritism and provide a just-cause clause in your contract — meaning you can’t lose your job just because your new manager doesn’t like the look of you.

6. Fair layoff practices:

If layoffs occur, unions ensure that severance packages are fair and priority is given to length of service when determining who keeps their job. This provides job security for more senior employees, who can also opt to leave with a severance package to save a more junior employee’s job.

7. The airing of grievances:

Unions offer a listening ear to all workers — especially those who feel alone or powerless in their jobs. Grievance procedures are built into union contracts, giving employees the power to be treated with respect.

8. Power to the people:

The voice of many is much stronger than the voice of one. Working with co-workers as members of a union creates a much stronger presence when negotiating with management.

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My Organizing Successes

Since I began my current occupation as a General Chairperson in November 2011, I have been blessed to have personally unionized or been directly involved in organizing the following groups of workers:

ASIG/Dryden Air Services - Ottawa Airport - below the wing workers - 60 members

Servisair Inc. - Ottawa Airport - Passenger Service Agents & Ops Agents - 40 members

Field Aviation - Toronto Airport - Inspectors - 5 members

Bearskin Airlines - Thunder Bay Airport - General Maintenance - 1 member

Swissport Fueling - Montreal Airport - Airport Refuelers - 75 members

Menzies Aviation - Toronto Airport - above & below the wing workers - 1000 members

SkyCafe - Toronto Airport - Warehouse Workers & Drivers - 60 members

Cope Ontario - Toronto - Union Staff Representatives - 20 members

Swissport Canada Inc. - Ottawa Airport - Lounge Agents - 10 members

SkyCafe - Toronto Airport - Lead Hands - 6 members

SkyCafe - Ottawa Airport - Warehouse Workers & Drivers - 10 members

Strategic Aviation - Ottawa Airport - above & below the wing workers - 75 members

Wasaya Airways - 4 Airports in Northern Ontario - Maintenance - 65 members

Menzies Cargo - Toronto Airport - Cargo Agents, Cargo Handlers & Leads - 30 members

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Organizing Videos

Menzies Cargo YYZ congratulations on your 1st collective agreement

A message to the new IAM members at Menzies Cargo YYZ.

Now that you voted 95.2% in favour of your first two year collective agreement, I wanted to speak about next steps.

Menzies Cargo YYZ

A visit to Menzies Cargo after the Labour Board certified the Union to represent this group of workers.

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SkyCafe organizing

I am Michael Corrado, speaking openly at Sky Café YYZ about what a Union can do to improve your working conditions during the Covid pandemic.

If you want a safe and healthy work environment, then join a union!
If you want to negotiate paid sick leave and isolation days during a pandemic, then join a union!
If you want your employer to provide you with the appropriate PPE and have your employer maintain an inventory of it, then join a union!
If you want to have a say about how hours of work should be safely distributed at your workplace "bubble" and amongst your co-workers, then join a union!
If you want to discuss recall rights and severance options, then join a union!