Les SMCC appuient les engagements du gouvernement fédéral au profit de la santé et de la sécurité des travailleuses et des travailleurs
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Les SMCC appuient les engagements du gouvernement fédéral au profit de la santé et de la sécurité des travailleuses et des travailleurs
Topics: Canadian Conference, Canada, Canada's Building Trades Unions (CBTU)
Local 95 meets with contractor regarding Carleton University renovation project
HFIAW Local 95 in Ontario wanted to make sure the contractor for a major renovation project at Carleton University’s Life Science building knew their members are the most-skilled and highly-trained mechanical insulation workforce around.
The project involves renovating a specialized laboratory that supports experimental work in the biological, biochemical and behavioral sciences.
Topics: Job Action, Ottawa, Canada, Local 95, Toronto, Canada
As we prepare for the upcoming 2017 Master Apprenticeship Competition and JATC Conference, Local 95, the host local, released event details.
For the first time, the MAC and JATC Conference will be held in Canada, not in the U.S. The MAC will begin on Sunday, June 25 in Toronto and the JATC Conference will begin on Wednesday, June 28. Both events will conclude on Friday, June 30.
Topics: Local 95, Toronto, Canada, IIIATF, MAC, Canada, Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship Competition, Master Apprentice Competition
Local 46 apprentice wins MAC, honors former training director
The HFIAW Master Apprentice Competition (MAC) seems to grow in popularity and excitement every year. The annual competition where 10 apprentices compete as Conference representatives to be crowned the “Best of the Best” included an emotional finish this year in Toledo, Ohio.
Held in conjunction with the 41st annual Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee Conference, the top HFIAW apprentice competitors arrived having already won at the Local and Conference levels.
“Our training is what sets our profession apart, it is what makes us the best,” HFIAW General President Bud McCourt said during the MAC.
Topics: training, IIIATF, MAC, Master Apprentice Competition, Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship Competition, International, USA, Canada, Local 78, Birmingham, Alabama, Local 23, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Local 94, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Local 95, Toronto, Canada, Local 12, New York City, New York, Local 17, Chicago, Illinois, Local 5, Los Angles, California, Local 119, Regina, Saskatchewan, Local 133, Fargo, North Dakota, Local 78, Birmingham, Alabama, Local 23, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Local 94, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Local 95, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Regina, California, Los Angles, Illinois, Chicago, New York, New York City, Toronto, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Fargo, North Dakota, Local 133, Local 119 Regina, Local 5, Chicago, Illinois, Local 17, New York City, New York, Local 12, Toronto, Canada
Help is available for members displaced by Northern Alberta wildfires
An Important Message from General President James P. McCourt and General Secretary-Treasurer Gregory T. Revard:
Insulators International officers and staff are monitoring the situation in northern Alberta. We want to assure our Brothers and Sisters in the region that we are deeply concerned about everyone’s safety, but more important: We are prepared to help.
We know that some of our members and their families are among the more than 80,000 people forced to flee from the spreading inferno around Fort McMurray. Homes have been destroyed, and in some cases entire neighborhoods have been decimated.
Canadian Study Shows Union Construction Demonstrably Safer Than Non-Union Construction
Topics: Construction Jobs, Canada, Construction; Canada, Construction
THE VANCOUVER SUN
By Lee Loftus, Special To The Sun August 18, 2015
What Canada's premiers said in July is wrong - there are simple answers to developing a national energy strategy - but what's difficult is making tough decisions.
Topics: Canada, energy efficiency
Union seeks certification vote at 2 Toyota plants in Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) -- Canada's largest private-sector union said on Wednesday it plans to hold an organization vote for about 7,000 workers at two Toyota Motor Corp. assembly plants in Ontario early this year.
Topics: Canada, Organizing
Moments ago Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked Governor General David Johnston to dissolve Parliament, confirming what everyone in Ottawa has over-speculated on for months: Canada’s 42nd Federal Election has officially begun.
Topics: Canada
Geoff Dueck Thiessen, in his piece Make public-work bids truly open (June 29), leans upon common misguided and unsubstantiated assertions in arguing against the project labour agreements that are used in Manitoba's public works projects.
Topics: Canada, Union Advantage

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