{"id":3169,"date":"2024-09-24T16:10:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T20:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T20:10:32","slug":"membership-letter-district-140-supervision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/?p=3169","title":{"rendered":"Membership Letter: District 140 Supervision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-DL-140-Membership-letter-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Membership Letter:<br>District 140 Supervision<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear IAM District 140 Family,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a member of Canada\u2019s largest and most powerful airline union, the IAM, you have a right to expect world-class&nbsp;representation. And while our long-standing solidarity and strength have gotten us to this point, it has become clear in my&nbsp;visits with you \u2013 our proud membership \u2013 that more needs to be done to move us toward a brighter future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, I am proud to announce that <strong>we are taking significant steps toward ensuring the good and welfare of our District 140&nbsp;membership<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon approval from the IAM Executive Council and in accordance with the IAM Constitution, <strong>we are placing District 140&nbsp;under supervision<\/strong>. This is an internal process within our union that allows us to assist the District in serving our membership.&nbsp;It <strong>does not<\/strong> remove any officers, make any changes to district or local elections, or change any financial operations of the&nbsp;district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our goals, which come directly from meetings with our membership, are the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Informing Our Membership<\/strong><br>Ensure communication is flowing at all levels of our organization and making it to the shop floor.&nbsp;Our members have a right to transparent, consistent communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mobilization for Bargaining<\/strong><br>We must be united as we head toward critical bargaining with Air Canada and other employers.&nbsp;We will only succeed if we are together as one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Structural Improvements<\/strong><br>We heard from you that you feel the District structure is not serving the best interests of our membership.&nbsp;We will examine our bargaining committees and District board structure to ensure our members are being heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Real Representation<\/strong><br>We must ensure that every region and workgroup has a strong voice in our union.&nbsp;This is a union that serves all members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top-to-Bottom Review<\/strong><br>We will review all District processes, including our bylaws, and make changes that put the members first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these actions are being taken with the good and welfare of you \u2013 the membership \u2013 at the forefront. We look forward&nbsp;to continuing to keep you informed as we move District 140 into the brighter future that every member deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In solidarity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David Chartrand<\/strong><br>IAM Canadian General Vice President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Membership Letter:District 140 Supervision Dear IAM District 140 Family, As a member of Canada\u2019s largest and most powerful airline union, the IAM, you have a right to expect world-class&nbsp;representation. And while our long-standing solidarity and strength have gotten us to this point, it has become clear in my&nbsp;visits with you \u2013 our proud membership \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2413.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}