Cinema Beaubien : 20.6% wage increase in the next 3 years

On September 23th, a new deal was signed for the members of cinema Beaubien in Montreal. You can view it in the section collective bargaining agreements.

Also, the new C.B.A. of cinema Cavendish Mall is now available in this section.

I.A.T.S.E. local 262 support the Community Day Starlight – Cineplex

On Saturday October 22, in all Cineplex Entertainment theatres of the province, will be held the Community Day in support of Starlight Children’s Foundation.

We ask for the support of all our members to give a hand to this event by giving  their name to local management team and be volunteer next October 22 morning.

Justice for Temporary Agency Workers

Executive board of IATSE local 262 voted last week to support Au bas de l’échelle and Immigrant Workers Center in their campaign for the protection of the rights of temporary agency workers.

We invite our members to be inform about this situation. Those kind of agencies take bigger and bigger place in the workforce and will be a problem if we don’t take a serious reflection about it in years to come.

Here’s the link about this campaign :

 http://iwc-cti.ca/campagnescampaigns/current-campaigns/

                                               

Election on May 2nd : Obligation of employers

By law, qualified electors must have three consecutive hours to cast their vote on election day. If your hours of work do not allow for three consecutive hours to vote, your employer must give you time off. Your employer has the right to decide when the time off will be given.

Employers cannot impose a penalty or deduct pay from an employee who is taking time off to vote if required by the Canada Elections Act. An employee must be paid what he or she would have earned during the time allowed off for voting.

If you have any other question, please contact Elections Canada or the office of the local.

End of Unionized Projection at Cineplex Entertainment

Since February 10th, there are no longer any projectionist members of Local 262 working at Cineplex Entertainment. The arrival of digital projection started to make a progressive entrance and, since December 2010, the majority of projection at cinemas Brossard and Quartier Latin were converted. This technology was then installed in the Cavendish, St-Bruno, Place Lasalle, and Boucherville cinemas in early 2011 and will continue to be installed throughout the year.

The union and the employer worked together to produce an agreement regarding the departure indemnities and the loss of jurisdiction of the union. It is important to note that the departure indemnities obtained are the most important ever negotiated in this industry in Canada and that mechanisms are now put at the disposal of workers to assist them in any efforts to find new employment. The arrival of digital marks the end of the projectionist trade in commercial cinemas and it is an important page in our history that is now being turned.

Note that our union has been present in Montreal cinemas since 1912 and we will continue to maintain 15 active projectionists at the IMAX Old Port and AMC Forum 22. We wish to thank our brothers and sisters for their numerous years of service and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavours.

From the executive board of Local 262

 

Large Demonstration in Support of Locked Out Employees of the Journal de Montreal

The executive board of Local 262 invites its members to participate in the demonstration on December 4th in order to offer their support to the workers of the Journal de Montreal, who have been in lock-out for almost 2 years now. For more details, please read the article released on rue Frontenac on November 2nd. It is linked below:

http://ruefrontenac.com/nouvelles-generales/55-enjeux/29682-manif-quebecor-csn

Construction of a IMAX theatre at the AMC Forum 22

The union executive board has just learned that AMC Forum 22 will be the host of the third IMAX theater in Montreal. The construction should finish by December 16th.

New offers available for members

Executive board members of the local 262 are proud to offer you new discounts available in the section discounts and promotions.

New Balance Montreal : 20% of rebate if you buy shoes at regular price.

New Look: More rebate on purchase.

Please visit the website regularly to see all updates.

Help protect the jobs of our Brothers ans Sisters of the I.A.T.S.E.

In the last decade, piracy has been an important problem for the film, T.V. and music industry. The Motion Picture Association of America and the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association have provided a list of sites where you can legally download/stream movies, TV shows and music.

Piracy cost every year hundreds of jobs in the indutry for our brothers and sisters of the I.A.T.S.E.

You can consult those lists by clicking on this link : http://www.iatse-intl.org/DMPTheft/theftlegalcontent.html .

General assembly – FOH department

The next general assembly for the FOH departement will be held thursday july 28th 2010 at:

Centre St-Pierre

1212 rue Panet Montréal

(Near metro Beaudry)

Time: 7h30PM

Your presence is vital because YOU are the union!