Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

Good morning and Merry Christmas to all our members as we prepare for a well deserved holiday and days off, hopefully you will be able to join us at this Friday's Christmas party to celebrate our brothers and sister milestones of service through our union. Congratulations to each and every one of you for going to work everyday and helping to make our union strong it is members like you that enhance our reputation and make it possible to regain lost market shares.Local 110 has never been in a better postion with lots of work forecasted, all funds in excellent shape and all our union functions sold out with our brothers and sister participating and even raising funds for Charity. I wish you all a Happy and Safe New Year.

 

Monday, December, 15th, 2014

After the membership vote held Saturday, December 13th for the new applicants here are the results, for any transfer's from an affliated union there was a motion to hold those over until a Local 110 bylaws review was conducted in the New Year.

 

	Applicant Name	Status	Training review	B.A. Review	Business Manager Review	Membership Vote	Comments
1	Raymond Felker	1st Year	A	A	A	R	684 hours, no missed time, S.E.
2	Steven Neal Kent	1st Year	A	A	A	A	729 hours, no missed time, S.E.
3	Paul Duff	1st Year	A	A	A	R	742 hours,No missed time, S.E.
4	Brian Dewar	1st Year	A	A	A	A	340 hours, no missed time, S.E.
5	Andrey Kotelnikov	1st Year	A	A	A	R	3065 hours, no missed time, S.E.
6	Hussein Ismail Mohamed	1st Year	A	A	A	A	565 hours, no missed time, S.E.
7	Kody Richardson	1st Year	A	A	A	A	738 hours, no missed time, S.E.
8	Jundel Misa	1st Year	A	A	A	A	519 hours, no missed time, S.E.
9	Richard Bakos	1st Year	A	A	A	A	577 hours, no missed time, S.E.
10	Anlexandre Gendron	1st Year	A	A	A	A	1035 hours, no missed time, S.E.
11	Jeffrey Fischer	1st Year	A	A	A	A	819 hours, no missed time, S.E.
12	Justin Lenko	1st Year	A	A	A	A	596 hours, no missed time, S.E.
13	Abdullahi Osman Ibrahim	1st Year	A	A	A	A	434 hours, no missed time, S.E.
14	Troy Hollenbeck	1st Year	A	A	A	A	700 hours, no missed time, S.E.
15	Abel Muyoboke	1st Year	A	A	A	A	574 hours, no missed time, S.E.
16	Denny Viana	1st Year	A	A	A	A	597 hours, no missed time, S.E.
17	Mohamoud Hire Mohamed	1st Year	A	A	A	R	347 hours, no missed time, S.E.
18	Samir Mettioui	1st Year	A	A	A	R	606 hours, no missed time
19	Darcy Hoddinott	1st Year	A	A	A	A	1266 hours, no missed time, S.E.
20	Damon Chisholm	1st Year	A	A	A	A	410 hours, no missed time, S.E.
21	Hamza Mohamed Madar	1st Year	A	A	A	A	1624 hours, no missed time, S.E.
22	Mohamed Aly	1st Year	A	A	A	A	872 hours, no missed time, S.E.
23	Krasimir Iliev	1st Year	A	A	A	A	974 hours, no missed time, S.E.
24	Senaca Crowe	1st Year	A	A	A	A	385 hours, Pre-Trades July 2014
25	Bisrat Tekletsadik	1st Year	A	A	A	A	607 hours, no missed time, S.E.
26	Susan Przybilla	1st Year	A	A	A	A	490 hours, no missed time, S.E.
27	John Howard Sim	1st Year	A	A	A	A	312 hours, letter of support
28	Francis Sumagpang	1st Year	R	A	A	A	1728 hours, no missed time. S.E.
29	Tariq Rabah Ahmed	1st Year	R	A	A	A	2166 hours, no missed time, S.E.
30	Remi Pelletier	1st Year	A	A	A	A	597 hours, no missed time, S.E.
1A	Corey Egers	2nd Year	A	A	A	A	Organized
1F	Brandy MacNeil	Firestopper	A	A	A	A	Firestopper
2F	Nevada Webb	Firestopper	A	A	A	A	Firestopper
2F	Jason Cunnington	Firestopper	A	A	A	A	Firestopper
2F	Michael Cunnington	Firestopper	A	A	A	A	Firestopper
1J	Rumyan Mishe	Transfer JM 95	R	R	R	Held over	Fired – Safety infraction Aug.2014
2J	Michael Vandamme	Transfer JM 95	A	A	A	Held over	535 hours worked in 110, S.E.
3J	Justin Moyer	Transfer JM 95	A	A	A	Held over	1404 hours worked in 110, S.E.
4J	Craig Hunter	Transfer JM 95	A	A	A	Held over	Voted in Sept./ 2014  – missed deadline to pay, 7488 hours
5J	Robin Clarke	Transfer JM 116	A	A	A	Held over	3110 hours worked in 110,. S.E.
6J	Gary Bready	Transfer JM 118	A	A	A	Held over	13,434 hours worked for 110, S.E.
7J	Clyde Wick	Transfer JM 118	R	A	R	Held over	17,583 hours, S.E.
8J	Jeffrey Bolda	JM C	A	R	A	A	5477 hours, no missed time, S.E.
9J	Peter Towpich	JM	R	A	A	R	Prev Member, 5101 hours
10J	Clement Tremblay	JM	R	A	A	R	Prev member, 15,683 hours
45 Total = 30- 1st years, 1 – 2nd year, 4 – Firestoppers, 7 – JM transfers, 3 – Jm  / S.E. = Still Employed

 

Attention all Local 110 members:

Many of you are aware that on Saturday December 13 at the Local 110 membership meeting charges were read by a Local 110 member against Business Agent Kevin Lecht.  Obviously this is cause for deep concern for the members of Local 110, and rightfully so especially in the middle of Local 110’s election of officers.  I have received a number of calls and emails today and there are many questions. I feel it is appropriate and necessary that I use Business Manager Logan’s Update page to answer the concerns I heard today and provide clarity to the entire membership with respect to the charges and the process.Local 110 staff employees who are members of Local 110 have the constitutional right to file charges just like any other member.Brother Lecht is innocent until proven guilty.The reading of the charges does not affect Brother Lecht’s eligibility to hold or run for office.The ballots will be counted as scheduled and under the direction of the Local 110 election committee.If Brother Lecht is successful in his election he will assume his responsibilities at the appropriate time.The charges will be investigated by the International as per the constitution and if necessary they will be heard by the General Executive Board (the International Vice Presidents).The charges can be dismissed before the hearing if they are found to be obviously frivolous or without merit.If the charges are found to be frivolous or have no merit Brother Lecht has constitutional options to clear his name.Both parties will have the opportunity to present their case at the hearing if or when there is one.

I appreciate that many members are very concerned – this is a difficult situation for everyone.  I ask for your patience while this process unfolds.

Sadly there are those who see this as an opportunity to spread misinformation and make accusations that are untrue and inflammatory seemingly with the intention of further driving a wedge between Local 110’s membership and the International. Some of these accusations were directed towards me at the meeting on Saturday.  In response to the unfounded and untrue accusations my sincere pledge to the membership of Local 110 is that I will do all in my power to ensure both parties receive due process and further I intend to ensure this matter is dealt with as fairly as possible and that the outcome, whatever it may be, is fully explained to the membership at the appropriate time. 

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Vince Engel,

International Vice President for Western Canada

 

Vince Engel

International Vice President, Western Canada

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers

 

 

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Here is the tentatively approved or rejected applicants for the December 13th Union general membership meeting, if you have any valid concerns or recommendations for any of the applicants please contact myself of Doug Johnson. The final vote will be up to the membership in attendance at the meeting.

 

	Applicant Name	Status	Training review	B.A. Review	Business Manager Review	Membership Vote	Comments
1	Raymond Felker	1st Year	A	A	A		684 hours, no missed time, S.E.
2	Steven Neal Kent	1st Year	A	A	A		729 hours, no missed time, S.E.
3	Paul Duff	1st Year	A	A	A		742 hours,No missed time, S.E.
4	Brian Dewar	1st Year	A	A	A		340 hours, no missed time, S.E.
5	Andrey Kotelnikov	1st Year	A	A	A		3065 hours, no missed time, S.E.
6	Hussein Ismail Mohamed	1st Year	A	A	A		565 hours, no missed time, S.E.
7	Kody Richardson	1st Year	A	A	A		738 hours, no missed time, S.E.
8	Jundel Misa	1st Year	A	A	A		519 hours, no missed time, S.E.
9	Richard Bakos	1st Year	A	A	A		577 hours, no missed time, S.E.
10	Anlexandre Gendron	1st Year	A	A	A		1035 hours, no missed time, S.E.
11	Jeffrey Fischer	1st Year	A	A	A		819 hours, no missed time, S.E.
12	Justin Lenko	1st Year	A	A	A		596 hours, no missed time, S.E.
13	Abdullahi Osman Ibrahim	1st Year	A	A	A		434 hours, no missed time, S.E.
14	Troy Hollenbeck	1st Year	A	A	A		700 hours, no missed time, S.E.
15	Abel Muyoboke	1st Year	A	A	A		574 hours, no missed time, S.E.
16	Denny Viana	1st Year	A	A	A		597 hours, no missed time, S.E.
17	Mohamoud Hire Mohamed	1st Year	A	A	A		347 hours, no missed time, S.E.
18	Samir Mettioui	1st Year	A	A	A		606 hours, no missed time
19	Darcy Hoddinott	1st Year	A	A	A		1266 hours, no missed time, S.E.
20	Damon Chisholm	1st Year	A	A	A		410 hours, no missed time, S.E.
21	Hamza Mohamed Madar	1st Year	A	A	A		1624 hours, no missed time, S.E.
22	Mohamed Aly	1st Year	A	A	A		872 hours, no missed time, S.E.
23	Krasimir Iliev	1st Year	A	A	A		974 hours, no missed time, S.E.
24	Senaca Crowe	1st Year	A	A	A		385 hours, Pre-Trades July 2014
25	Bisrat Tekletsadik	1st Year	A	A	A		607 hours, no missed time, S.E.
26	Susan Przybilla	1st Year	A	A	A		490 hours, no missed time, S.E.
27	John Howard Sim	1st Year	A	A	A		312 hours, letter of support
28	Francis Sumagpang	1st Year	R	A	A		1728 hours, no missed time. S.E.
29	Tariq Rabah Ahmed	1st Year	R	A	A		2166 hours, no missed time, S.E.
30	Remi Pelletier	1st Year	A	A	A		597 hours, no missed time, S.E.
1A	Corey Egers	2nd Year	A	A	A		Organized
1F	Brandy MacNeil	Firestopper	A	A	A		Firestopper
2F	Nevada Webb	Firestopper	A	A	A		Firestopper
2F	Jason Cunnington	Firestopper	A	A	A		Firestopper
2F	Michael Cunnington	Firestopper	A	A	A		Firestopper
1J	Rumyan Mishe	Transfer JM 95	R	R	R		Fired – Safety infraction Aug.2014
2J	Michael Vandamme	Transfer JM 95	A	A	A		535 hours worked in 110, S.E.
3J	Justin Moyer	Transfer JM 95	A	A	A		1404 hours worked in 110, S.E.
4J	Craig Hunter	Transfer JM 95	A	A	A		Voted in Sept./ 2014  – missed deadline to pay, 7488 hours
5J	Robin Clarke	Transfer JM 116	A	A	A		3110 hours worked in 110,. S.E.
6J	Gary Bready	Transfer JM 118	A	A	A		13,434 hours worked for 110, S.E.
7J	Clyde Wick	Transfer JM 118	R	A	R		17,583 hours, S.E.
8J	Jeffrey Bolda	JM C	A	R	A		5477 hours, no missed time, S.E.
9J	Peter Towpich	JM	R	A	A		Prev Member, 5101 hours
10J	Clement Tremblay	JM	R	A	A		Prev member, 15,683 hours
45 Total = 30- 1st years, 1 – 2nd year, 4 – Firestoppers, 7 – JM transfers, 3 – Jm  / S.E. = Still Employed

 

 

Monday, December 1st, 2014

It has been brought to my attention the slander going around on the job and on Facebook, we as Union Brothers and Sisters should never engage in this type of behavior. To represent the Union is to be held to the highest standard and treat all members and potential members with respect and dignity at all times and keep all dealings confidential. We are in the Union for a Brotherhood of members to be treated with respect and dignity and have each others back when needed and to make sure our wages and benefits and working conditions are protected. I'm afraid it won't it won't be the non-union or alternative unions that will be the demise of our unions but the internal gossip and quick reaction to throw each other under the bus, we have a great silent majority of members that perhaps needs to speak up and say that is not the way we operate here in Local 110.

 

                               

Thursday, November 27, 2014

 Below are the ongoing union concerns.

 

·         Market Share:

We need to take back our Market Share in the Industrial sector!!!

There are 10,000 Industrial Insulators in Alberta, before I was elected we had 1,460 members and being most are Industrial I calculated it was around 14% market share. Since then we now have 2000 members for a market share of 19.5% a move that shows we are heading in the right direction. We have also started to work with the commercial and firestop markets to look to expand our workforce in both.

 

·         Collective agreement expires April 30^th, 2015,

 I am currently in the middle of Framework bargaining to ensure we get a new four year contract which will bring us up to par with the other major locals and using the relationship I have built with the other Business Managers. I am confident that this will be the best agreement we have seen in the last 12 years, if I am allowed to finish collective bargaining.  

 

·         Retiring Journeymen:

We are about to lose the majority of our journeymen due to retirement!!! Unfortunately we had a decade of slow work where we did not take in any new apprentices and so produced no journeymen. We are now on the verge of a huge demand for journeymen and qualified insulators due to the forecasted scope of work for the next ten years. I have been working with the Industry and contractors to take on more 1^st year insulators which we will push to into school thus  ensuring a steady stream of Local journeyman; we have now dispatched 1000 – 1st years which will continue a steady flow of income into our Pension and Health & Welfare funds. I will continue to push to see our young Journeymen take over on supervision roles and mentoring of these apprentices.

 

·         Technology upgrades:

Local 110 needs to stay in the forefront with technology our previous system was so arcane that we had to keep an I.T. person on staff just to ensure we could keep it up and running. We also have stacks of paper files on all our contractors and members. We are now implementing a new system and were able to end the contract with the I.T. person on staff and save the union $152,224.80 per year. Once we are complete with the conversation in 2015 the members will have access to online secure computerized bidding or to continue to call in as they do now as well as log in and see where they sit on the list and their personal information all securely encrypted . All of your information will be scanned into the system and be backed up securely onsite as well as offsite so in the case of a fire or emergency we would be able to setup computers at another location and have access to our members file’s within the same week without any loss of information and continue business as usual. We are also converting over to an electronic remittance system where the contractors will submit a secured report that will be uploaded by the system therefore reducing the amount of errors with union dues.

 

·         RSAP:

 I sit on the RSAP Board and have lobbied for changes to make the system fairer and less complicated to get our members back to work. I was recently successful into getting D&A incidents that happen offsite (camps & orientation) to be excluded from Canadian Model violations, you will receive a client ban but will be able to be dispatched to another site immediately, leaving the member to decide if they want to go through RSAP to get back on the site the incident happened. We are also continuing to push through legal challenges and in this round of Collective agreement bargaining for alternative treatments and in independent review.

 

In the short time I have represented you we have made major strides forward and our union hall has never been in better shape, with work forecasted to explode for the next ten years. 

 

·         Increased union membership from 1450 to 2000.

·         Dispatched over 1000 – 1^st apprentices, the union’s new life blood.

·         New website for easier access to all Local 110 information including dispatch, “in memory” for members who are gone but not forgotten.

·         All Union Funds and trusts are doing great and should require no further action.

·          “Open Door” policy.

·         Computer upgrades

·         Standardized staff contracts.

·         Reduced paid sick days allowed for staff from 20 days to 10 days.

·         Brought in training for the staff as was promised in their previous contract.

·         Updated the Union clothing for members to wear and show solidarity.

·         Rebuilt relations with the Alberta Building Trades, Business Managers.

·         Rebuilt ties with our International and our representatives because we are all stronger as an organization of Brothers and Sisters across North America.

·         Worked with The International to hire a lobbyist firm for the Canadian locals to promote Mechanical Insulation.

·         Took the Local 110 golf tournament from 59 participants to a sold out event and turned it into a successful charity event that raised $10,110.00 for Alberta Breast Cancer in 2013 and raised $13,500 in 2014 for the Calgary,                Wood Buffalo and Edmonton Food Banks.

·         Changed the venue of the Christmas party to give members access to hotel rooms and timely taxi service and turned it from 140 members in 2012 to a sellout of 300 members in 2013.

·         Hired an organizer (Labor Manager) who has made a huge impact attracting non- union journeymen to the Union and pushing contractors to take 1^st year apprentices.

·         Continued aggressive responses to grievances such as lost wages, wrongful dismissals.

·         Focus on diversity: representation at the International “Conference for Women in the Trades”

·         Strengthened Local 110 position through winning various ALRB cases (DFRs, Jurisdictional issues, Unfair Labour Practices and Joint grievance panels)

·         Instituted a Firestopping training program.

·         Permits must wait 24 hours to take a newly posted call giving members the 1^st opportunity to take the calls.

·         Permits; reduced their Health and Welfare benefits as listed on the H&W page so they no longer get the same services as our members and saving the plan $100,000.00 a month.

·         Put forward a motion for the Union to pay for member Assessments when the member has no other options and wants to work union, which the membership approved.

·         Championing the need for changes made to the Drug and Alcohol 3^rd party provider services in this round of Collective negotiations.

·         Have the University of Alberta working with a contractor to do a study on Pyrogel and whether the current P.P.E. is sufficient for the product with no cost to the Union.

Boards and Trusts I represent you on:

·         Union Pension Plan

·         Union Health and Welfare Plan

·         Training Fund

·         Pitt Fund

·         Insulator Joint Trade Board

·         Building Trades Executive Board

·         Building Trades Jurisdictional Assignment Plan

·         RSAP Board

·         LMCT committee (International)

 

I will leave you with one thought it takes courage and foresight to continue on a new path of change and growth to evolve as the world changes. The easiest thing to do is sit back and complain and do nothing and watch our trade slowly disappear.

 

 

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Here is the list of new applicants requesting membership for the upcoming General membership meeting on November 1st, some have not been reviewed by the Business agent as he is not in on Saturday. All applicants will be voted on by the membership, any concerns please notify me as soon as possible.

 

Applicant Name	Status	Training review	Business Agent review	Business Manager Review	Membership Vote	Comments
Troy Freamon	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	718 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Pierre Barthold	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	408 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Rolando Lluveras	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	347 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Kelsey Ray Edgerton	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	628 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Shemsuden Hasen	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	572 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Mamadou Alain Sow	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	445 hrs, N.M.T.  still employed
Roy Arnold Kerr	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	490 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Kenneth Moyah	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	306 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Christian Bernardo	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	624 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Perry Musseau	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	Helmets to Hardhats Program, 531 hrs, N.M.T.
Mouhammad Diop	1st Year	A	A	R	Rejected	335 hrs, N.M.T. still employed, letter from contractor,negative
Barkhad Mohamed Ahmed	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	353 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Hire Kase Bare	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	479 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Tracy Wilks	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	407 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Christopher Marc Schmidt	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	Helmets to Hardhats,598 hrs, N.M.T.
Salem Ali	1st Year	A	?	A	Accepted	Pre-Trades Program 2013, 613 hrs, N.M.T.
Katerina Sanders	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	516 hrs, no missed time
Ababacar Djite	1st Year	A	A	A	Accepted	504 hrs, no missed time
Amare Gifawossen	1st Year	R	A	A	Accepted	873 hrs, no missed time
Jeremy Ziegler	1st Year	R	A	A	Accepted	Quit 2014, 418 hrs, no missed time
Cory Patrick Hodgson	1st Year	R	A	A	Accepted	JM SM from Local 8/ 1447 hrs , No missed time
Brandon Graham	1st Year	A		A	Accepted	624 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Garmajo Ahmed	1st Year	A		A	Accepted	675 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Dainis Pless	1st Year	A		A	Accepted	2823 hrs, N.M.T. still employed, Commercial
Timothy Jones	1st Year	A		A	Accepted	2075 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Cameron Mountha	1st Year	A		A	Accepted	692 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Melissa Turcotte	1st Year	A		A	Accepted	377 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Nasser Ahmed Ali	1st Year	A		A	Accepted	1900 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Pablo Aravena	1st Year	A		A	Accepted	1124 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Kenneth John Sherman	JM Transfer Local 95	R		A	Accepted	2945 hrs,still employed, clean file/2007
Mitchell Gilliland	Firestopper	A		A	Accepted	1362 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Tim Denottbeck	JM Transfer Local 95	A	A	A	Accepted	Error in History, In good standings
Mark James Knopf	JM Transfer Local 95	A	A	A	Accepted	5057 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Tammy Lynn Kelly	JM C	A	A	A	Accepted	850 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Jarrod Alexander	JM transfer Local 131	A	?	A	Accepted	2018 hrs, N.M.T. still employed
Scott Adrian Currie	JM Transfer Local 116	R	A	A	Accepted	6029 hrs, 1 quit last year, No problems in file
Darrel Stock	prev member – JM	A	?	R	Rejected	Negative letter from Fuller Austin
Levi Savoury	JM Transfer Local 116	R	A	A	Rejected	Local 110 member 2006/transferred to 116-2009
N.M.T. – No missed time

Friday, October 17, 2014

I have had a few inquiries about our H&W fund so I am posting a chart prepared by the H&W consultantion firm of Benchmark Decisions Ltd.to show that the expenses have exceeded the contributions since 2009 and the Trustees have stepped up to address the problem before it negativly impacts our members. You need to scroll up and down to see complete chart. Keep in mind that the majority of the money spent goes back into the particpants pockets when they turn in their receipts.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Today I attended the celebration of life for the late Business Manager of Local 177, John Tackaberry on behalf of our membership. It is said you can judge a man on the people and words said at their funeral and that could not be a truer statement because of the out pour of love to John's family and friends and the stories that were told of a man that was honest, integral, dedicated and loving. John left behind huge shoes to fill in for his Local 177 and we wish the best to his organization. To his wife Jacquie and his daughters and grand children we offer our prayers and any support they may need. It was said at the service " That a loved ones death leaves a heartache that will never heal, but their love creates memories in your heart that no one can steal !!"

 

Tuesday, October 14th, 2014

Brothers and Sisters;

At the last Union meeting there was a motion to put 25 cents of our November increase of 66 cents into the Health and Welfare fund, but the membership voted to put the whole 66 cents into the fund. Unfortunately the increase to the Health and Welfare fund fell out of the May scope which is where the increase is usually allowed and done, after many discussions with the Construction Labour Board and the Contractor association they will be allowing 25 cents into the Health and Welfare fund and the rest into wages. This is what the trustees of the H&W fund had asked for and is quite acceptable, and we will revisit the matter in May to see if the membership still wants to increase the funding. The table below shows exactly what the breakdown on the November wage increase will look like for Industrial workers.

 

Effective            Base

Foreman

Nov. 2, 2014

47.77

4.78

2.10

0.10

6.25

0.50

0.25

61.75

Journeyman

Nov. 2, 2014

42.68

4.27

2.10

0.10

6.25

0.50

0.25

56.15

3^rd Year Apprentice – Based on 80% of the Journeyman Rate

Nov. 2, 2014

34.14

3.41

2.10

0.10

6.25

0.50

0.25

46.71

2^nd Year Apprentice – Based on 65% of the Journeyman Rate

Nov. 2, 2014

27.74

2.77

2.10

0.10

6.25

0.50

0.25

39.63

1^st Year Apprentice and Helper – Based on 50% of the Journeyman Rate

Nov. 2, 2014

21.34

2.13

2.10

0.10

3.13

0.50

0.25

29.44

ARTICLE 9.00 – WAGES

Industrial Rates;

The following rates and contributions will be adjusted in accordance with the “Wage Determination” Letter of Understanding attached hereto.  Forthwith after the January wage adjustment calculations in each of 2012, 2013 and 2014, representatives of the Parties shall determine whether any adjustments to the Employer Contributions will be implemented in conjunction with the respective May wage adjustments.  In respect to contributions to the Pension Trust Fund, the Union shall have the discretion to increase the contribution by up to one dollar and twenty five cents ($1.25) over the term of this Agreement.  Any further increases to the Pension Trust Fund contribution shall require the agreement of the Trade Division.   Any adjustments to Employer Contributions shall be funded through the May gross wage.

Fraternally;

Wade Logan

Business Manager

 

Thursday, September, 25, 2014

Here is the list of applicants for membership for the October 4th meeting if there are any concerns please contact Amanda K.before the membership votes.

 

Applicant Name	Status	Training review	Business Manager Review	Membership Vote	Comments
Tanner Stewart	1st Year	A	A	A	476 hours, no missed time, still employed
Bobbi Jo Rose	1st Year	A	A	A	472 hours, no mised time, still employed
Colin Wankah	1st Year	A	A	A	314 hours, no missed time, still employed
Michelle Caron	1st Year	A	A	A	541 hours, no missed time, still employed
Kelly Plante	1st Year	A	A	A	1292 hours, no missed time,
David James Jamieson	1st Year	A	A	A	325 hours, no missed time, still employed
Tugbe Koti Wreegbo	1st Year	A	A	A	537 hours, no missed time, still employed
Felicia Kurosawa	1st Year	A	A	A	314 hours, no missed time, still employed
Gabriela Oliveira	1st Year	A	A	A	Commercial, 312 hours, no missed time, still employed
Redouane Bouchaker	1st Year	A	A	A	376 hours, no missed time, still employed
Robert Krechuniak	1st Year	A	A	A	448 hours, no missed time, still employed
Steven Stenhouse	1st Year	A	A	A	532 hours, no missed time, still employed
Joseph Oloyede	1st Year	A	A	A	346 hours, no missed time, still employed
Yoseph Banksira	1st Year	A	A	A	491 hours, no missed time, still employed
Chun Lee	1st Year	A	A	A	320 hours, no missed time, still employed
Whitney E. Antonelli	1st Year	A	A	A	896 hours, no missed time, still employed
Nathan Jones	1st Year	A	A	A	300 hours, no missed time, still employed
William Budd	1st Year	A	A	R	339 hours, no missed time, still employed
Sharon Grant	2nd Year	A	A	A	245 hours, no missed time, still employed
Hugh Janz	2nd Year	A	A	A	4645 hours, no missed time, still employed
Andrew Koprnicky	3rd Year	A	A	A	3041 hours, no missed time, still employed
Desirea Leng	3rd Year	A	A	A	390 hours, no missed time, still employed
Ken Yuzyk	JM previous member	A	A	R	18,028 hours, previous member
James Stephen Murrant	JM Transfer  Local 116	A	A	A	3893 hours worked through Local 110
William Connor	JM Transfer  Local 95	A	A	R	1431 hours, no missed time, still employed
Roy Andrew Cook	JM Transfer  Local 95	A	A	A	914 hours worked through Local 110
Isaac (Jerry) Alexander	JM Transfer  Local 131	A	A	A	939 hours, no missed time, still employed
Raimonds Sirmais	Permit JM "C"	A	A	A	Commercial, 2501 hours, nomissed time, still employed
18 – 1st years, 2 – 2nd year, 2 – 3rd year, 1 – JM, 4 – JM transfers, 1 – JM "C"

 

Well it has been a busy last couple of months, as alot of you know  Doug Johnson and myself are now into full contract negotiations for next year Collective agreement, As you all know the Officers inherited the agreement and shifts from the previous set of Officers. So this will be our first chance to see if we can improve on the agreement and perhaps work on standardizing alot of the conditions with the rest of the Building Trade unions. We will be in two day a week negotiations until we have a new deal agreed to and then will present it to the members for ratification. Without going into any details I believe the members will be pleased with the progress the contractors and the unions are making.Wednesday, September 24, 2014

 

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Monday, June 9th,2014

Update on last Fridays' activity here at the Union hall, earlier we learned that Red Deer College was looking for instructors to teach a ten week course for temporary foreign workers where at the end of the course they would be able to take a " Qualification Certificate Program" exam for which the  temporary foreign worker needs to show that they have 6827 hours experience in the last 54 months and pay $475.00. If they successfully passed the exam they would be issued a certificate equivalent as a journeyman Insulator after checking with some other unions this program is available for other trades as well, we discussed our options with the International and decided that the best approach was to inquiry why this program is not available to Albertan's and Canadians with the same or better qualifications. A CBC reporter contacted us on this story and was here Friday to do a short interview and get our side of the issue, we will continue to look into this concern and see what options we have to turn this into something beneficial.

Friday, June 6th, 2014

Here are the applicants for Union membership for the June 14th meeting. They are tentative until voted on by the membership in attendance at the June 14th meeting. Hope to see you there.

Gizzie Arku 1st Year Tentatively Accepted Alex Daskaluk JM Transfer Local 95 Tentatively Accepted Denis Robichaud JM Transfer Local 58 Tentatively Accepted Leslie Labine JM Tentatively Accepted Sean Aitken 1st Year Tentatively Accepted Dmitry Zubretsov 3rd Year Tentatively Accepted Eric J Freel JM Transfer Local 97  Tentatively Accepted Shawn Vanslyke JM Transfer Local 95 Tentatively Accepted Jason Bressette JM Transfer Local 95 Tentatively Accepted Justin London JM Transfer Local 131 Tentatively Accepted Craig Brown 1st Year Tentatively Accepted Jeffery Bassett 1st Year Tentatively Accepted Fowsi Yusuf 1st Year Tentatively Accepted

Mitchell Doiron 1st Year Tentatively Accepted Jeff Maude JM Transfer Local 95 Tentatively rejected Ken Yuzyk JM – previous member Tentatively Accepted Cody Lima 1st Year Tentatively rejected Lana Francis 1st Year Tentatively Accepted Salem Archivald Ali 1st Year Tentatively Accepted