{"id":32151,"date":"2025-05-30T02:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/?p=32151"},"modified":"2025-05-30T02:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:31:06","slug":"transportation-district-140-attention-air-canada-tmos-we-saw-the-recent-letter-addressed-to-you-by-amfas-u-s-national-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/?p=32151","title":{"rendered":"TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 140 \u2013 ATTENTION AIR CANADA TMOS \u2013\u00a0We saw the recent letter addressed\u00a0to you by AMFA\u2019s U.S. National President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We find it strange that he was just now introducing himself mid-way through your representation vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is AMFA\u2019s latest attempt at a charm offensive \u2013 and just like a snake oil salesman, they\u2019re telling you everything you want to hear, without mentioning what\u2019s really at stake for you and your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, AMFA as a whole is missing in action throughout this entire process \u2013 sitting on the sidelines while asking you from afar to gamble away your futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All talk. Nothing to back it up.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides being riddled with falsehoods, what\u2019s most telling is what AMFA\u2019s American President doesn\u2019t mention in his letter. He didn\u2019t bother to address the issues that most affect your pocket book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a reason \u2013 the facts aren\u2019t on their side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AMFA didn\u2019t mention your pension.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FACT: Switching to AMFA means Air Canada Tech Ops hired after 2012 will lose their pension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AMFA didn\u2019t mention outsourcing.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FACT: AMFA just negotiated a contract with WestJet that gives the carrier full authority to outsource jobs. AMFA has allowed thousands of tech op jobs to be outsourced at United, Northwest, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AMFA didn\u2019t mention the Share Trust.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FACT: The IAM Union exclusively holds more than $93 million in Air Canada stock that will be paid out ONLY to IAM Union members. For some members, the payment will be over $100,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As voting continues through this Saturday, May 31, please make your decision using the facts. Your livelihoods and your futures are at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s win better wages, benefits, and working conditions for all of our members in upcoming negotiations with Air Canada.&nbsp;<strong>Vote IAM Union.<\/strong><\/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\n\n<p>[gview file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AMFA-IS-MIA-ENGLISH-BROCHURE-.pdf&#8221;]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We find it strange that he was just now introducing himself mid-way through your representation vote. This is AMFA\u2019s latest attempt at a charm offensive \u2013 and just like a snake oil salesman, they\u2019re telling you everything you want to hear, without mentioning what\u2019s really at stake for you and your family. Meanwhile, AMFA as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,51],"tags":[73,63,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-32151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-bulletins-en","8":"category-news","9":"tag-aircanada","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-iam","13":"post-with-thumbnail","14":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32152,"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32151\/revisions\/32152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iam140.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}