Good day Union Family

As I reported to you earlier Local 110 has reached a Memorandum of Agreement with the CLRA. The next step is to have the agreement Ratified by the Membership of Local 110 and the Insulation Contractors under the CLRA.

The ratification meeting is being held Monday April 17 at 7:30 PM. Members may attend the meeting at the Edmonton or Calgary Union halls and at the OE 955 hall in Fort McMurray. Additionally, a zoom link will be blast  emailed to all Members so that they can join in from their personal electronic devices, if they are unable to attend one of the meetings. However, anyone that is not in attendance at the Edmonton, Calgary, or Fort McMurray location will not be able to ask questions about the agreement.

Questions can also be asked, and further clarification can be provided at the April General Membership Meeting being held on Wednesday April 19, 2023.

If you have any questions about the process, please contact me at the Edmonton union hall.

In Solidarity,

Kevin Lecht                                                                        

Business Manager

Good day Union Family

Our International has added a family assistance program for the entire membership. I am adding the official letter from the International below. This information along with the brochure will be blast emailed to all members as well.

Thank you

Kevin Lecht

Business Manager

 

Brothers and Sisters, 

   In today’s stressful society we feel having a place for our members and their families to turn to for assistance is a necessity.  We are proud to announce the rollout of the Members Assistance Program (MAP) for the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers.  We have partnered with Perspectives and Youturn to bring a members assistance program that is available for use by every member and their family. The IMAP can be reached by calling or texting: 800-456-6327. 

The website for the IMAP has multiple areas of assistance from skills training, care training, emotional well-being, legal forms, mental health, and substance abuse issues.  There are on-line and live person options with referrals if desired. 

We will begin by having a link on our international website and eventually there will be a direct link available on your local’s app when we complete the roll out of those apps.  In the meantime you can access the website by using this link:   https://www.perspectivesltd.com/login and entering the username IMAP and password Perspectives or you can bypass the username and password by using this link: https://features.perspectivesltd.com/newContent.aspx?uID=imap&pwd=perspectives

The IMAP (Insulators Member Assistance Program) is available at no cost to each member and their family to access and benefit from; the program is available as a resource and support 24/7.

This will be an excellent tool for everyone to use and we hope that our entire membership will benefit from this program.  Please visit the website to see for yourself what it has to offer, and additional information will be forthcoming.

Sincerely and fraternally,

Terrence M. Larkin                                                            Robert W. Reap

General President                                                             General Secretary-Treasurer

Good day Union Family

Just a quick reminder that this Friday April 7, 2023, is Good Friday and is the holiday as per the Collective Agreement. Offices in both Calgary and Edmonton will be closed, and the Staff and Officers will have the day off.

The Business Agents and I can still be contacted by email in the case of emergencies.

Doug Casemore Business Agent North dougc@insulators110.com

Stacy Edmondson Business Agent Central stacye@insulators110.com

Derek Stock Business Agent South dereks@insulators110.com

Kevin Lecht Business Manager kevinl@insulators110.com

In solidarity

Kevin Lecht

Business Manager

March 30, 2023

Good day Union Family

Since 2018, Local 110 has been working through the bargaining process with our Contractor’s Registered Employer Organization (REO) Construction Labour Relations Alberta (CLRA).

As everyone has heard over the last few years this round of bargaining has been significantly difficult for all trades. At our last General Membership meeting I reported that it was likely that an agreement would not be reached and since more than seventy five percent of trades had settled Local 110 would be getting an agreement through arbitration. I am happy to report that this is not the case.

As of this morning I have signed a completed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). Over the next few weeks all members will have a chance to vote on the agreement and information meetings will be set up. Once arrangements are made more information and dates will be provided.

I would like to thank the other members of the Local 110 bargaining committee, Doug Casemore, Stacy Edmondson, and Derek Stock, each one represented our members with the up most professionalism through a difficult process. Additional thanks to the CLRA representative and our contractors involved with the bargaining process. Lastly, thank you to the appointed mediator that helped guide and push both sides to get to a final MOA.

In Solidarity,

Kevin Lecht                                                                        

Business Manager

Good day Union Family,

This is the last General Membership Meeting of 2022.

The General Membership Meeting is being held at 7:30 PM on Wednesday December 21, 2022. Members can attend at the Edmonton Union Hall, 9335-47 Street Edmonton, or at the Calgary Union Hall, 6165-6 Street Calgary, or at the OE Hall in Fort McMurray, 258 Gregoire Drive.

With the move to evening meetings, we hope to have more Member participation. Additionally, giving Members that live and work in the Fort McMurray area the ability to fully participate in the General Membership Meeting without having to travel to Edmonton or miss an overtime day will also bolster involvement.

If you have any questions, please contact me at the Edmonton Union office.

In Solidarity,

Kevin Lecht

Business Manager

Good day Union Family

The Local 110 offices in both Edmonton and Calgary will be closed as of 4:30 PM Thursday December 22, 2022 until 8:00 AM January 03, 2022, for the Christmas break. If there are any emergency calls the phones and website will be updated, with the information on bidding. The Business Agents and I can be reached in emergency by Email or on our cell phones.

Health and Welfare must have all self-payments in before the end of day December 21, 2021 to ensure continued coverage. Also please check to see if your mailing address is correct for the end of the year packages that are being sent out shortly. Every mail out we have several letters returned as undeliverable due to out-of-date mailing addresses.

The Holiday season can be a stressful and difficult time. If you happen to be struggling, please take the time to reach out and ask for help. The CEFAP program is available at 1-800-663-1142, or call Health Link at 811.

In close I wish everyone a relaxing and enjoyable holiday season. Please stay safe and take care of yourself and your loved ones.

Doug Casemore Business Agent North dougc@insulators110.com

Stacy Edmondson Business Agent Central stacye@insulators110.com

Derek Stock Business Agent South dereks@insulators110.com

Kevin Lecht Business Manager kevinl@insulators110.com

In solidarity

Kevin Lecht 

Business Manager 

Good day Union Family

In late August Members were notified that the PITT fund would no longer be providing Health and Welfare/Pension RRSP contributions on behalf of the Contractors employing in the Commercial/Institutional Insulation sector. At that time all the Contractors made the choice to not make Health and Welfare contributions on behalf of the members work for them.

After extensive consultation with the Owner of ICON, Local 110 has been able to work out a system for the company to ensure that the members working for them will continue with health and welfare benefits through Local 110. Going forward ICON will be paying the base cost for every member working for them each month without being tied to the hours worked during the month. What does this mean for the member? If there are limited hours worked during the month, that would not normally allow for benefits in the month ICON will still pay the amount on behalf of the member to ensure that the benefits will continue for that month.

Currently, the wage rate in the Commercial sector is to a point that it is difficult to bring people into the sector. As such ICON has agreed to provide a contribution directly to the members base wage to make up for the pension contribution. This is a short-term solution, that will allow the members to have a higher base wage without the RRSP that was being provided by the PITT fund. In the future as the agreements move forward both Local 110 and the Owner of ICON are committed to bringing the commercial workers into the pension plan to ensure a future with a dignified retirement.

As of today, ICON is the only Commercial Contractor that has committed to providing these benefits to the members currently working for them. Every other Commercial Contractor has the ability to follow the process as ICON by contacting Local 110. There are some contractors that are trying to have members move towards a low-cost minimal coverage Blue Cross plan that will most likely not provide the required benefits for most of the members. If your contractor is not providing benefits, you are not getting the proper value for your work and bring your concerns to the company and the Union.

If you have questions, please contacted us at the Local 110 Union Hall.

Thank you

Kevin Lecht 

Business Manager 

Good day Brothers and Sisters

I’d like to introduce you to our newest member of the Local 110 Training team. After an extensive application process Sister Kassy McDowell has accepted our offer to become a Local 110 Training Coordinator.

Kassy has been a member of Local 110 since November 2008. She brings a background in teaching from her years as an instructor at NAIT for the Insulator program.

As Training Coordinator, Kassy will be working with Dan Annett to help make our Training Department as successful as possible. Kassy will be directly involved in these areas:

• Direct training of members for both trade specific and safety training.
• Providing study guides and help for apprenticeship training.
• Developing course curriculum for the Training Department.
• Researching and evaluating new product opportunities.
• Journeyman upgrading.
• Pre trades training.
• Trade shows and recruiting.
• Booking of outside training for members.
• Updating information on the Local 110 training website.
• Training trust administration and documentation.

I am confident that Kassy will be an asset to the Local and help in our efforts to keep the members of Local 110 the best trained, highest quality and most productive mechanical insulators in our industry.

Thank you

Kevin Lecht

Business Manager

Good day Union Family,

I would like to congratulate Brother Derek Stock, and Brother Bill Spring on being re-elected to the Asbestos Workers Pension Plan of Alberta. I am sure you both will continue the good governance and sound decision making that has made our Pension Plan successful to this point and into the future.

Both positions will run for a three-year term starting January 1, 2023.

In Solidarity,

Kevin Lecht                                                                          

Business Manager

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, Local 110