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Due to several delays in discussions with Nav Canada regarding priority staffing, seniority and bumping provisions, the Local has requested that the company extend the current surplus deadline into the new year. Nav Canada has agreed to extend the (…)

VOTE RESULTS Question 1 (Ballot 1) Yes - 210 No- 348 Based on the vote results of 62.3% of the voting membership voting NO to Question 1, the results of Question 2 are irrelevant.  (…)

This pertains to the current vote underway by members at Nav Canada regarding the question of economic relief to the company.   There has been some concern and confusion regarding the voting process as relates to abstaining from answering a (…)

The Local has been in discussions with Nav Canada over the past week in an attempt to come to an understanding of what the expiration of the Letter of understanding means and what the company is looking for in terms of economic relief.   The (…)

IBEW Local Union 2228 deeply regrets that several of its members are among the layoffs announced by Nav Canada today. Employees represented by LU 2228 at Nav Canada, Canada’s sole Air Navigation Service Provider, maintain critical aviation (…)

The Local continues to meet with the Executives of Nav Canada regularly to further discuss the wage deferral Letter of Understanding. Any proposed changes to your negotiated entitlements will be put to the membership for a vote to determine the (…)

In late April 2020, the Local entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) with Nav Canada that allowed for the delay of implementation of the recently ratified collective agreement in an attempt to give the employer some economic relief due to (…)

The annual general meeting of the IBEW Local 2228 Building Corporation will be held on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 at 11 a.m. EDT. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the meeting will be held virtually via the Zoom platform. If you would like to submit an (…)

As you may be aware, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has reached their own agreement on Phoenix damages for their members. In 2019, the National Joint Council’s, Phoenix Damages subcommittee reached a settlement for most of the (…)

On behalf of the Executive Board it is my pleasure to announce the recipient of the 2019 President’s Award. Brother Farrukh Sheikh currently serves the local as the chair of the Edmonton South unit. He spends a great deal of time preparing, (…)