{"id":1355,"date":"2019-04-30T20:17:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T01:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2024-06-18T21:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T02:03:56","slug":"the-5th-iam-canada-political-action-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/?p=1355","title":{"rendered":"The 5th IAM Canada Political Action Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1353\" src=\"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PAC-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PAC-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PAC-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PAC-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PAC.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Voices Matter!<\/p>\n<p>More than 80 Canadian IAM political activists gathered at the William W Winpisinger Education Center in Hollywood, MD for the 5th IAM Canada Political Action Symposium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical Action requires people,\u201d said IAM Canadian General Vice President Stan Pickthall in his address to the delegates. \u201cVoices matter, more voices means we can influence the decision- makers and push them to prioritize the needs of working people. The way to effect change is to talk politicians, in legislative halls, and in their constituencies. We understand that in order to do this we must engage our members.\u201d With a federal election this fall, members must be engaged so that issues such as pension protection, pharmacare, support for a Canadian Aerospace Strategy, and labour law reform are on the agendas of all political parties.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voices Matter! More than 80 Canadian IAM political activists gathered at the William W Winpisinger Education Center in Hollywood, MD for the 5th IAM Canada Political Action Symposium. \u201cPolitical Action requires people,\u201d said IAM Canadian General Vice President Stan Pickthall in his address to the delegates. \u201cVoices matter, more voices means we can influence the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1365,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw905.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}