BC Hydro recently released employment statistics for the Site C project for November 2016. The report reveals 18% of workers, which equals 246, on the project were from outside BC.
“This is simply unacceptable,” said Tom Sigurdson, Executive Director for the BC Building Trades. “There are thousands of skilled and qualified British Columbians available and ready to work on this project. Instead, BC Hydro has allowed contractors to … (read more)
CertainTeed Gypsum Canada is praising a ruling by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) recognizing that dumped U.S. drywall imports into Western Canada are hurting its business, but also slammed the tribunal for not relying on “complete information.”
“Both high dumping margins and material injury have now been affirmed twice by Canadian authorities,” reads a statement from CertainTeed’s general manager, Matthew Walker.
“It validates CertainTeed Gypsum Canada’s anti-dumping complaint that western Canadian manufacturing has suffered material injury from large volumes of U.S. drywall imports sold at low prices with huge dumping margins.”
However, the CITT also recognized tariffs as high as 276 per cent were hurting … (read more)
OTTAWA, Nov. 29, 2016 /CNW/ – Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) welcomes the announcement of approval of two major pipeline projects by the Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau.
Skilled trades people and Canada’s economy depend on major resource projects for sustained prosperity. This announcement means increased certainty for employment prospects for our members in the coming years in Alberta and beyond. Pipelines don’t mean temporary construction jobs, they mean generational jobs at both ends of the line.
Hazmat members have rejected the proposed collective agreement. The Union is in the process of scheduling meetings with the Employer’s negotiating committee.
Please monitor this web page for updates.
On behalf of the Negotiating Committee, I would like to thank all who participated in the ratification vote, which was conducted on Friday, October 21st, and Saturday, October 22nd, 2016.
The ballots have been counted, and the Memorandum of Agreement has been ratified with over 81% in favour of acceptance.
Once again, the Negotiating Committee sends its thanks to all members for their participation and patience during this difficult round of collective bargaining.
Fraternally,
Dan Jajic,
Business Representative, Local 138
Wednesday August 17, 2016
MP Ahmed Hussen, recently selected our HMA facility to kick off the western leg of his tour trying to garner support for his Private Members Bill C-277 that is seeking to achieve greater community benefits connected to funding of federal infrastructure projects. He was accompanied by fellow Liberal MP Randeep Sarai as he made his pitch to members of Surrey City Council, the BC Building Trades, the Surrey Board of Trade as well as representatives from local Surrey education facilities such as Kwantlen College and the FTI.
Below are some pictures from those meetings.
MP's Randeep Sarai (far left) and Ahmed Hussen (second from right) are welcomed
by FTI Director of Training, Patrick Byrne (far right) to the HMA Training Facility.
Please see the attached Links for information with regard to the upcoming vote on the recently negotiated Memorandum of Agreement for Hazardous Materials Abatement Members. Attached you will find times and locations where the votes will be held along with the document you will be voting on.
Many of our members have seen signs of the ‘underground economy’ at construction sites across BC, be it in Vancouver or Surrey but also now increasingly in smaller communities. This article highlights a long-overdue effort by the Canada Revenue Agency to investigate and crack down on construction companies that don’t play by the rules when it comes to paying their fair share of taxes, following regulations, or treating employees fairly.
There are free safety courses available for Fall protection, Level 1 First Aid, and Swing Stage coming up in December!
Log on as a Member and select the Register for a Safety Course button to see a list of course times currently offered. You can enroll immediately using your computer or mobile device. When you enroll, you will receive an automated confirmation of your registration and will be sent a reminder 72 hours before the commencement of your selection.
All Safety Courses are held at the Finishing Trades Institute of B.C.
Register now….courses fill on a first come-first served basis with limited seating for each class.
Safety training inquiries can be sent to safety@ftibc.ca.
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