OFL 2023 Convention

Convention 2023: Enough is Enough | The Ontario Federation of Labour The Ontario Federation of Labour Convention is happening from November 20-24, 2023. If you attend this event we ask that you send some pictures of your IAM brothers, sisters and siblings along with information about who is in the photo and what local they …

Labour Day 2023

Labour Day is the first Monday in September; this day was made a Canada Wide Statutory holiday in 1894. The history of this day goes back to the First “workers rally” during the Victorian time. There were Speeches, games, picnics, and parades. The holiday was to show solidarity and give a sense of belonging to …

OPCM 2023

OPCM- June 2-4 The event opened by executive President Carol Edgar David Chartrand GVP Canada spoke, “so proud of the diversity in this room! So many women here this weekend!” Gord Falconer spoke on turn out at lobby day and the political achievements for the IAM. We may not be the largest Union in the …

Committee of the Future

IAM members from North America recently joined together at the William Winpisinger Education and Technology Center (W3) in Hollywood, MD. Their mission was to build on the resolution passed during the 40th IAM Grand Lodge Convention in 2022.Resolution 1 created the IAM Committee on the Future (COTF). The COTF committee was established to listen to …

OPCM Health & Safety Report

Rick Sansom OPCM Health & Safety Coordinator June 2, 2023 Ontario Reacts to Workplace Opioid Epidemic The Ontario government is launching a first-of-its-kind program to make free naloxone kits (and free training) available at workplaces where there is a risk of staff witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose. In 2021, 2,819 people died from opioid-related …

OPCM 2023

See Event page for information and Speak to your Local about participation! Where: Ajax Ontario When: June 2-4, 2023

Presentation from the OPCM President

On June 27th the OPCM celebrated 125 years of the IAMAW in Canada. OPCM President Kim Valliere presents Stan Pickthall COS a picture commemorating this event at the OPCM Executive meeting held on Saturday Sept 19, 2015    

Are you registered to vote?

On 19 Oct 2015, Canadians will vote in one of the most important elections in our lifetime. Steven Harper and the conservative have made it harder for Canadians to vote. We want to make sure that all IAM members are registered to vote in these elections. You can check if you are registered  by clicking HERE

Happy Spring!!

Hello All , Happy Spring!!! I want to THANK YOU for attend to Political Action meeting held, on February 14, 2015, appreciate the time and effort are contributed. We are indeed in “fight of our lives” and now more than ever continue to educate ourselves, our families and our IAM members. We planned to meet …