MONTREAL, July 6 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada said today that it has been
advised by the IAMAW that the tentative pension funding moratorium and labour
stability agreements reached by the parties on June 8, 2009 would be
resubmitted for ratification to the membership.
    On July 1, 2009 the IAMAW had advised that the tentative agreements were
narrowly rejected by one of its bargaining units as follows:Clerical - 93.2% in favour
    Finance - 87.5 % in favour
    Technical, Maintenance and Operational Support - 50.8% againstIn view of these results, the Company and the IAMAW held discussions over
the weekend and agreed on the clarification of certain issues and for a prompt
revote on the original agreements.
    The Company has concluded agreements on a cost neutral basis for
collective agreement extensions with its entire unionized workforce in Canada,
in addition to having reached tentative agreements on a pension funding
moratorium. The agreements are subject to a number of conditions including
ratification by the membership of each of the five unions, the adoption by the
Federal Government of an Order-in-Council amending Air Canada's pension
funding rules and Air Canada raising a minimum of $600 million in new
financing.
    The CAW and CALDA contracts have been ratified and the ratification
process is ongoing with ACPA and CUPE.
    The IAMAW represents approximately 12,300 Technical, Maintenance and
Operational Support, Clerical and Finance Employees at Air Canada.

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