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Strike-free ICI bargaining cycle predicted by CLRAO’s Fenelli

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 22 May 2025 08:05:06 +0000

The head of a major construction employers association says he expects Ontario’s unionized ICI sector to emerge from the current round of provincial bargaining united and without suffering any work stoppages. If so it would be a welcome departure from the 2022 contract cycle when there were five ICI strikes and union workers repeatedly refused […]

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UPDATE: WSIB workers to carry out rolling strikes after talks stall

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 21 May 2025 15:41:51 +0000

TORONTO — The union representing workers at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is reporting that after a long weekend negotiating with the employer, talks are no further ahead towards a deal. “Despite a promising step to extend the negotiating period to May 21st, the union and the employer remain at an impasse on […]

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Newfoundland construction worker Jacob Lewis wins $1-million ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ prize

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 16 May 2025 10:05:07 +0000

BUTLERVILLE, N.L. — Jacob Lewis, an offshore oil and gas construction worker from Butlerville, NL, is the $1-million winner of this season’s “Canada’s Got Talent.” He captivated both the judges and the audience with his rendition of “The Best” by Tina Turner during the two-hour finale on Citytv earlier this week. A press release says […]

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Skills Ontario competition a beehive of activity, showcasing the next generation of tradespeople

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 16 May 2025 08:00:08 +0000

Consisting of 77 competitions and numerous conferences, the Skills Ontario Competition at the Toronto Congress Centre earlier this month was a bustling beehive of activity. More than 40,000 people attended the two-and-a-half-day event which provides a unique opportunity for elementary, high school and college students to demonstrate their skills in, what may be, their chosen […]

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LABOUR DEVELOPMENT: UA Local 46 highrise residential plumbers on strike

Lindsey Cole — Tue, 13 May 2025 19:19:43 +0000

TORONTO – As of 12:01 a.m. this morning members of the United Association Local 46 High Rise Residential Plumbers are on strike. According to a message posted on social media, the union states despite multiple rounds of bargaining, even the latest session on May 12, no offer was presented that could be brought back to […]

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Manitoba honours highest-achieving new journeypersons

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:05:46 +0000

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government recently celebrated the work and commitment of newly certified journeypersons during the 33rd annual Apprenticeship Highest Achievement Awards ceremony. The awards celebrated individual accomplishments from 36 recently certified journeypersons who were the highest-achieving graduates in their respective trades and presented two additional awards to individuals achieving the highest score through […]

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CLRA supports trades education with $30,000 donation to NAIT

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 11:00:56 +0000

EDMONTON — ��ion Labour Relations Alberta (CLRA) is contributing a set of new bursaries and grants for apprenticeship students at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) as a way to support the training and development of tradespeople in the province. CLRA is donating $30,000 for 60 bursaries and grants of $500 each that will […]

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Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling brings IBEW Local 2067 closer to pay day

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:37 +0000

Saskatchewan’s appeal court has ruled in favour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2067 that supports an arbitrator’s decision in a dispute that reaches back more than a decade and saw IBEW members lose out on vacation pay. The dispute is rooted in a 2013 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) where a […]

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Painters, plumbers/steamfitters ratify Ontario ICI deals

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 08:00:10 +0000

Negotiators in Ontario’s unionized ICI sector say there’s a heightened commitment to harmony this spring compared to the past as they work to hammer out new three-year deals to replace contracts that expired April 30. The latest unionized trades to report ratification of provincial deals were the painters, represented by the International Union of Painters […]

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Ontario expanding Skills Development Fund by nearly $1 billion over three years

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 07 May 2025 10:05:52 +0000

TORONTO — Due mainly to the uncertainty surrounding tariffs, the Ontario government has announced it is expanding its Skills Development Fund (SDF) by nearly $1 billion over the next three years, for a total of $2.5 billion. The funding will go towards training and reskilling Ontario workers, including those directly impacted by layoffs resulting from […]

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Growing Up Modern: The Life and Designs of A.J. Donahue

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 02 May 2025 11:00:05 +0000

While not one of the big names in architecture, Arthur James Donahue, known to friends as A.J., Jim and James, is worth knowing about, and the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation’s newest online exhibit is here to help. Donahue was born to a wealthy family in Regina in 1917. After the Second World War, he designed prefabricated […]

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Done deals: Carpenters’, LIUNA ratify provincial ICI contracts

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 02 May 2025 08:00:26 +0000

Two of Ontario’s largest construction unions, the Labourers’ and the Carpenters’, have ratified new Ontario-wide ICI collective agreements just ahead of the expiration of their existing three-year deals on April 30. The new deal approved by the Carpenters’ will see wages increase 2.67 per cent annually, amounting to a three-year hike of eight per cent. […]

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