John Aman

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  briarpatchmagazine.com/organizing-in-tough-times/ - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/3/2009    Last Visited: 11/3/2009  

  "If a union has lost 10 to 15 per cent of its membership, it's hard to get support for organizing [new members] from the current membership," says John Aman, director of organizing for the Canadian Auto Workers.

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  Published on: 9/10/2008    Last Visited: 9/15/2008  

  The union kicked off its efforts at Canada's second-largest airline following inquiries from a number of WestJet employees, said John Aman, director of organising at the CAW.
  
  It follows a handful of failed attempts by other unions in past years to organise Calgary-based WestJet, which has 7,300 employees.
  
  "We are in the initial stages of speaking to all our contacts and obviously trying to develop a strategy that will lead us to success," Aman said.
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  "WestJet management did get a lot of mileage with that kind of corporate messaging, but I think as the company evolves and grows and the workers are there for some time, they realise that they fall short in a lot of aspects of their working conditions," Aman said.

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  I gladly accepted this proposition and work closely with John Aman, CAW National Representative, who has assisted us tremendously.

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  www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN09321431200809 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/9/2008    Last Visited: 9/9/2008  

  The union kicked off its efforts at Canada's second-largest airline following inquiries from a number of WestJet employees, said John Aman, director of organizing at the CAW.
  
  It follows a handful of failed attempts by other unions in past years to organize Calgary-based WestJet, which has 7,300 employees.
  
  "We are in the initial stages of speaking to all our contacts and obviously trying to develop a strategy that will lead us to success," Aman said.

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  www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=64a027ca-a9f5 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/17/2008    Last Visited: 9/9/2008  

  The union kicked off its efforts at Canada's second-largest airline following inquiries from a number of WestJet employees, said John Aman, director of organizing at the CAW.
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  "We are in the initial stages of speaking to all our contacts and obviously trying to develop a strategy that will lead us to success," Aman said.
  ...
  "WestJet management did get a lot of mileage with that kind of corporate messaging, but I think as the company evolves and grows and the workers are there for some time, they realize that they fall short in a lot of aspects of their working conditions," Aman said.

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  www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/11/2008    Last Visited: 9/12/2008  

  But John Aman, director of organizing for the CAW, said he's received a half dozen e-mails from WestJet employees since Tuesday.Two said they weren't interested and to stay away, but four said "it was about time," he said.
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  Aman said the union has talked to WestJet mechanics, ticket agents and call-centre employees in Calgary, and everyone has different issues depending on their job.The number of complaints is small given WestJet's size, but there are enough of them coming in to warrant the union's interest in organizing, he said.
  
  The main issues have to do with scheduling, wages and pensions.
  
  A few have even complained about the buy-in to WestJet's corporate culture, Aman said, with some people finding it "condescending."
  
  "Most of the people we spoke to like working at WestJet, but like anything else . . . they can be better," he said.
  
  While WestJet has a workplace association, that association has no standing in law -- and that's the difference, Aman said.
  
  "A union is an association with the legal ability to negotiate and to give people a voice in the workplace," he said.

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  www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2008/04/c48 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/5/2008    Last Visited: 11/5/2008  

  For further information: contact CAW Communications, John McClyment, cell, (416) 315-3202; or CAW Organizing Director, John Aman, cell, (416)

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  www.wheels.ca/article/33081 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/23/2007    Last Visited: 11/23/2007  

  "After much discussion and deliberation, we have concluded that the best course of action, if we want to ultimately succeed, is to suspend our organizing campaign for the time being," John Aman, the CAW's director of organizing, stated in a note to supporters at the plant.
  
  "This was a hard decision to make but we think it will help us succeed down the road.Only when the workers of Toyota start to see the true colours of management, understand the reason why workers join unions and believe that it is in their best interest, will we be able to succeed."
  
  Aman said in his note that the CAW could not gain enough support to continue.
  
  "Is all lost?No, but it appears that at this time, the desire simply isn't there and continuing only has us spinning our wheels," he added.

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  www.tmmctalk.com/News-11-24-07.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/24/2007    Last Visited: 4/26/2008  

  John Aman, the CAW's director of organizing, said the irony is that Toyota gives its workers similar benefits and wages as those negotiated in the CAW contracts.
  
  "What is missing for those workers is their ability to deal with day-to-day issues," he said."It's not just about dollars and cents, but about having respect and a voice in the workplace."
  
  The CAW found that whenever momentum would build for the union, the company would respond to worker concerns.That created a "false sense of security" that issues could be addressed without a union, Aman said.
  
  Although the CAW won't undermine the machinists' effort, the CAW has not entirely dropped its interest in Toyota either, he added.
  
  Aman also doesn't completely discount the possibility of a future agreement at Toyota modelled along the lines of the recent controversial agreement that the CAW struck with Magna International Inc.
  
  Under that agreement, the company agreed not to oppose the CAW's bid to represent 18,000 workers at 45 Magna plants, in exchange for a no-strike provision.Disputes would be resolved through binding arbitration.
  
  "Our union is always looking at new ways of organizing.The traditional ways don't always work and so we have to evolve," Aman said.

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  www.minemill598.com/Organizing.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/9/2005    Last Visited: 9/12/2009  

  John Aman, National CAW Organizer, provides us with tremendous support and resources.
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  I gladly accepted this proposition and work closely with John Aman, CAW National Representative, who has assisted us tremendously.

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