Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 

WCB is being reviewed for the first time in 15 years. The WCB Review Panel has now released a progress report, and we are encouraged by the Panel’s commitment to improve the WCB process for Workers across Alberta. The WCB Review Panel will not be looking at specific claims as part of its mandate – however – the experience of workers in the WCB system is being requested, and input on problems with the WCB and suggestions for solutions to improve the WCB are being reviewed and considered by the WCB Review Panel. 

 

"We are still welcoming input and ideas from Albertans, and will continue to receive submissions until January 3, 2017. If you are interested in how the workers’ compensation system will work in the future, I encourage you to make a submission to us.”

 

Further information is available at: http://www.alberta.ca/wcb-review-panel.aspx

 

In Solidarity,

Kevin Lecht

Greetings Building Trades

Our campaign to engage our advocates on www.workersbuildcanada.ca is underway. In the first week we:

Sent out 9,800 email notifications for our folks to take action

Launched 5 new facebook ads to get the attention of advocates who have helped in the past

We have 18 new registrations on the portal

We had 921 actions by 326 people.  

I know we can do more!

Will keep you updated and advised.  Please encourage your members to sign up and participate.  The Senate is a new world and your participation means something different than in the past. 

 

Christopher Smillie

Senior Advisor

Government Relations and Public Affairs

Canada's Building Trades Unions

Good day Brothers & Sisters,

The PITT Fund Trustees have started the process of hiring a Client and Contractor Liaison. This position is open to all Journeyman members of Local 110, only successful candidates will be contacted for interview. The full job description is below; however any questions please contact Business Manager Kevin Lecht at the Edmonton union hall (780) 426-2874. The dead line for applications is 4:00 pm December 4, 2016.

If interested please send resume and cover letter described below to PITT Fund Trustees care of Shannon Tilley at shannont@insulators110.com

Job Title
Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 110 Client and Contractor Liaison

Reports To
Local 110 PITT Fund Trustees and Local 110 Business Manager

Summary
Identify and recruit worker leaders from non-union operations who are in need of union representation. Direct contact with clients and non-signatory contractors regarding the benefits and utilization of a union workforce. Evaluate potential organizing targets, contact un-organized workers, develop leaders, mobilize members to support external organizing, plan and conduct campaigns. Liaise with Local 110 Organizing Committee.Promote Mechanical Insulation Trade, mechanical insulation system design, installation, maintenance. Performance = Skills Training & Certification, and Quality Assurance.

This is not a 9 to 5 job – it requires long and varied hours, including early morning, evening and weekend work (as necessary). This opportunity requires travel and periods of being away overnight for varied amounts of time. This is a Salary position.

Job Duties
• Know the services the union provides
• Have an understanding of the union certification process
• Research into a target company or sector: history, funding, ownership, and other relevant information.
• Demonstrate that the workers will be better able to resolve workplace issues of wages, benefits, and working conditions by forming a union
• Anticipate and neutralize doubts that workers have about forming unions before these fears and loyalties to the status quo are kindled by the employer
• Must travel
• Negotiation
• Public Speaking
• Other duties as required.

Requirements
• Journeyman member of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 110
• Both Verbal and Written Communication Skills
• Public Relations & Marketing
• Able to work in a team and self-motivated
• Effective Listening
• Creative Problem Solving
• Working Under Pressure
• Time Management and an ability to multi-task activities
• Confidence and Self Awareness
• Research Skills
• Computer Proficiency
• Thorough knowledge of Employment Standards, Labour Relations Code (Federal and Provincial),
• Valid Driver’s License
• Ability to obtain valid passport and travel to and from the United States
• Alberta resident or willing to relocate

Working Conditions
• Must work irregular hours with travelling required

If interested please send resume and a cover letter outlining your perspective on the Client & Contractor Liaison Position and why you are the best applicant for the position, to PITT Fund Trustees care of Shannon Tilley at shannont@insulators110.com

 

Name	Status	Recommendation	Meeting
Amaya Mantilla, Ignacio	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Bartosinski, Bogumaila	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Bergsma, Mark	2nd year	Accept	Accepted
Brenner, Scott	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Dineen, William	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Dunbar, Natalie	2nd year	Accept	Accepted
Hanlen, Kevin	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Hinton, Scott	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Johnson, Larry	1st year	Accept	Rejected
Lloyd, Randall	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Maal, Robleh	Helper	Accept	Accepted
Munro, Justyna	1st year	Accept	Accepted
N’tamon, Kouadio	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Petkau, Markus	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Puentes, Ciro	Helper	Accept	Accepted
Ram, Ron	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Rhodes, Chad	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Rhynold, Cassandra	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Searay, Brandon	1st year	Accept	Accepted
St. Clair, Scott	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Vargas, David	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Yu, Le Le	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Zygmunt, John Jacob	1st year	Accept	Accepted
Gould, Shannon	Certified Alberta Journeyman	Accept	Accepted
Hoddinot, Lolita	Certified Alberta Journeyman	Accept	Accepted
Lane, Ralph Dana	Brown Card Journeyman Transfer Local 48	Accept	Accepted
Leclerc, Yoland	Certified Red Seal Journeyman	Accept	Accepted
O’Keefe, Michal	Brown Card Journeyman Transfer Local 137	Accept	Accepted
Parker, Jonathan	Certified Alberta Journeyman	Accept	Accepted
Proulx, Remi	Certified Quebec Journeyman Transfer Local 58	Accept	Accepted
Trohan, Robert	Certified Red Seal Journeyman	Accept	Accepted
Von Hollen, Justin	Certified Red Seal Journeyman	Accept	Accepted

 

Please take note of Local 110 Bylaws Section 19- all requirements of this section must be met before being issued membership in Local 110.

SECTION 19 –MEMBERSHIP

1. Any member who applies to join Local 110, if they are accepted, will pay an initiation fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00),plus membership card fee, excepting that:

Those members who lapse out of the union from October 23, 2004 and after, will pay an additional amount of money which equals the amount owed for union dues and fines at the time of lapsing, plus a $200.00 reinstatement fee, to reinstate their membership. This amount must be paid in full not more than 30 calendar days from the date of the vote of acceptance by the general membership. The insulator who fails to pay the full amount owing within this time will not be reinstated as a member and will have to reapply for membership.

2. Any individual that makes application to Local 110 and is rejected by vote of the membership.

• First rejection they will not be able to make new application for a minimum 3 calendar months.
• Second rejection they will not be able to make new application for a minimum of 6 calendar months.
• Third or more rejections they will not be able to make new application for a minimum of 12 calendar months.

3. All new members, including members who are transferring their membership to Local 110 must complete New Member Orientation within 180 days from the date they were voted into Local 110 or their membership is void and they will have to reapply for membership.

4. New member orientation will be held in Edmonton and Calgary once every month and in Red Deer and Fort McMurry once every two months.

5. Permit members and Travel Card members requesting membership will not receive their union card and Local 110 will not accept a transfer card, until after the member has taken the oath of membership referred to in the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Constitution at the New Member Orientation.

 

 

Local 110 is sad to announce that long time Member, John Vandemeer, passed away on October 25, 2016. Brother John had been a Member of Local 110 since 1984. He last worked for Aecon at Northwest Redwater.

A memorial service will be held Monday, October 31, 2016 at 3:00pm at Trinity Christian Reformed Church located in Edmonton at 13427 57st.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the John Vandemeer Top Pre-Trades Student Award care of Local 110.

Local 110 Officers, Staff and Members extend their deepest condolences to all of Brother John's Family and Friends.

Good day Brothers and Sisters

As most of you have heard Local 110 has not been issuing travel cards due to the number of Journeyman calls not being filled across the province. With calls for Journeyman slowing Local 110 will be reopening travel cards to Journeyman members as of October 17, 2016.

However, there are still some projects on the board that require local hires due to the lack of accommodations being provided I would ask that members in these areas try to take these calls before seeking employment in other locals.

Thank you  

Good evening Brothers & Sisters,

Thank you to all of our members who took the time to vote.

I would like to congratulate Brother Robert (Bob) Minnis on winning the position of Executive Board Member. Welcome aboard, and we look forward to working with you.

In Solidarity,

Brother Kevin Lecht

Name	Status	Recommendation	Meeting
ALVAREZ DE ARAYA, Eduardo	3rd	Rejected	Rejected
ANDERSON, Kevin	1st	Accepted	Accepted
AQUILA, Cole	1st	Accepted	Accepted
BANISTER, Jeremy	2nd	Accepted	Accepted
BIRON, Jonathan	1st	Accepted	Accepted
BROWN, Michael	1st	Accepted	Accepted
CANAS, Carlos E	1st	Accepted	Accepted
CHASE, Christopher	1st	Accepted	Accepted
CHUDYK, Christopher	2nd	Accepted	Accepted
DESCHAMPS, Caitlyn	1st	Accepted	Accepted
GOSSE, Michael	1st	Accepted	Accepted
HAMMERMEISTER, Dustin	1st	Accepted	Accepted
HAURYLOVICH, Andrej	1st	Accepted	Accepted
HU, Edeno	1st	Accepted	Accepted
MOALLIM, Yasin	1st	Accepted	Accepted
MONTGOMERY, Cheryl	3rd	Accepted	Accepted
NIEUWENKAMP-KNOX, Shawn	1st	Accepted	Accepted
NOV, Davy	1st	Accepted	Accepted
NOV, Reichel	1st	Accepted	Accepted
PAULS, Thoams	2nd	Accepted	Accepted
PEREZ, Paul	1st	Accepted	Accepted
RICHTER, Brent	1st	Accepted	Accepted
ROBITAILLE, Curtis	1st	Accepted	Accepted
RODANISKY, Trisha	1st	Accepted	Accepted
SKOGLUND, James	2nd	Accepted	Accepted
SZUBAN, Sebastian	1st	Accepted	Accepted
TAIT, Tyler	1st	Accepted	Accepted
TOGUE, Jean	1st	Accepted	Accepted
WOYA, Osman	1st	Accepted	Accepted
YUSUF, Guhad	1st	Rejected	Rejected
SONGOLO, Richard	1st	Accepted	Accepted
BAYNE, Christopher	JM – Local 118	Rejected	Rejected
BITHELL, John	JM – Previous Member	Accepted	Accepted
BLUNT, Norman	JM – Local 119	Accepted	Accepted
BORDELEAU, Gilbert	JM- B Class	Accepted	Accepted
DANIELS, Michael	JM – Red Seal	Accepted	Accepted
IRELAND, David	JM – Local 95	Rejected	Rejected
LENNY, Terrance	JM – Previous Member	Rejected	Accepted
LOGAN, April	JM	Accepted	Accepted
RUDYK, Brad	JM	Accepted	Accepted
SEERS, Nathanael	JM – Local 58	Rejected	Rejected
SEIFRIED, Douglas	JM – Local 95	Accepted	Rejected
SKELTON, Richard	JM – Local 95	Rejected	Rejected
THOMPSON, Beverly	JM	Accepted	Accepted
VANDERLAAN, David	JM C – Previous Member	Rejected	Accepted

Also please take note of Local 110 Bylaws Section 19- all requirements of this section must be met before being issued membership in Local 110.

SECTION 19 –MEMBERSHIP

1. Any member who applies to join Local 110, if they are accepted, will pay an initiation fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00),plus membership card fee, excepting that:

Those members who lapse out of the union from October 23, 2004 and after, will pay an additional amount of money which equals the amount owed for union dues and fines at the time of lapsing, plus a $200.00 reinstatement fee, to reinstate their membership. This amount must be paid in full not more than 30 calendar days from the date of the vote of acceptance by the general membership. The insulator who fails to pay the full amount owing within this time will not be reinstated as a member and will have to reapply for membership.

2. Any individual that makes application to Local 110 and is rejected by vote of the membership.

• First rejection they will not be able to make new application for a minimum 3 calendar months.
• Second rejection they will not be able to make new application for a minimum of 6 calendar months.
• Third or more rejections they will not be able to make new application for a minimum of 12 calendar months.

3. All new members, including members who are transferring their membership to Local 110 must complete New Member Orientation within 180 days from the date they were voted into Local 110 or their membership is void and they will have to reapply for membership.

4. New member orientation will be held in Edmonton and Calgary once every month and in Red Deer and Fort McMurry once every two months.

5. Permit members and Travel Card members requesting membership will not receive their union card and Local 110 will not accept a transfer card, until after the member has taken the oath of membership referred to in the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Constitution at the New Member Orientation.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, October 7, 2016 at 10:30 am at McInnis & Holloway – Chapel of the Bells, 2720 Centre Street North, Calgary.  

If friends so desire, a donation can be made in Tom’s name to the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society, 2234 – 30^th Avenue NE, Calgary, AB, T2E 7K9, 403-701-2876, http://cfbts.org/donate-to-cfbts

Local 110 is sad to announce that long time Business Agent Tom Chapple has passed away peacefully at the Foothills hospital in Calgary.  He became a member of Local 126 in 1969 and Business Manager there in 1980 through 1984 when the Local merged with Local 110 and he continued on as a Business Agent until he retired in 2011.  As a long time advocate and friend for the membership of the Union, he will be very much missed. Even as a retiree the past few years, he continued to make a difference as a trustee on the union's pension plan right up to the time of his passing. Our heartfelt condolences to his family. Funeral arrangements will be announced here, in a blast email to those members we have addresses for and in major newspapers in Calgary and Edmonton as soon as the information is available.