{"id":11468,"date":"2026-04-08T18:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=11468"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:45:09","slug":"iam-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=11468","title":{"rendered":"IAM Canada &#8211; Day 1 at the IAM Canada Political Action Conference is officially underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">More than 90 members from across Canada have come together to learn, connect, and strengthen our collective voice through political action. From engaging workshops to meaningful discussions, the energy in the room is all about collaboration and progress.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">We\u2019re proud to have leaders and speakers joining us, including Canadian General Vice-President Dave Chartrand, Chief of Staff Ralph Martin, International President Brian Bryant, and representatives from the Canadian Labour Congress, Brent Farrington and Amandeep Nijjar, who are helping facilitate workshops and share valuable insights.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A special thank you to International Representative Derek Ferguson for organizing this important event and bringing everyone together.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Strong voices. Shared goals. Real impact.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 90 members from across Canada have come together to learn, connect, and strengthen our collective voice through political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[86,232,91,224,105,95,79],"class_list":["post-11468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events","tag-canada","tag-d140","tag-iam","tag-l16","tag-labour","tag-pac","tag-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11468"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11474,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11468\/revisions\/11474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}