Good afternoon Brothers and Sisters,

The Canadian Red Cross has posted Alberta Fire Evacuees emergency financial assistance information:

http://www.redcross.ca/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/latest-news/canadian-red-cross-to-give-alberta-fire-evacuees–50-million-in-immediate-financial-assistance

"Thanks to the generous outpouring of support from Canadians, Canadian Red Cross will provide immediate financial assistance totalling $50 million to more than 80,000 people displaced by the Alberta wildfires. Adult evacuees registered with Red Cross will receive $600 each and children will receive $300, so families and individuals can buy what they urgently need during this difficult time."  

In Solidarity,
Brother Kevin Lecht

Local 110 is sad to announce that Sister Brenda Burgess passed away on May 9, 2016.  Sister Brenda has been a long time Local 110 member since February 25,1980.

A Celebration of Life will be held Monday, May 16, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Glenwood Funeral Home, 52356 Range Road 232, Sherwood Park, AB.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Lung Cancer Research Foundation.

Local 110 Officers, Staff and Members extend sincere condolences to all of Sister Brenda’s family and friends.

Due to the wildfires in Fort McMurray and the evacuation of our employees, the Aluma payroll department will be processing pay for our craft workers as follows:

–       Employees will be paid for hours worked during the week of May 7th

–       The next regular pay date is May 12^th. Employees will receive pay for hours worked up to and including

May 7^th.

–       Travel out subsidies will not be paid at this time.

–       Pay will be direct deposited as usual.

–       For those receiving manual cheques, you can pick up your cheque at the Edmonton Aluma Office

anytime after May 11^th. If you are unable to pick up your cheque, please contact 780-743-5011 to arrange for mailing. The Edmonton Office is located at 304-69 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB.

–       Payroll will be issuing a Record of Employment (ROE) for those with interrupted earnings. Service
Canada has provided Fort McMurray evacuees with a special reference code 4812012016030516 to quote when filing a claim online. It is recommended that you file immediately.

–       Your ROE will show Reason Code “K – Other” with the comment “Fort McMurray Wildfire Evacuation”.

–       You do not need your ROE to initiate your claim

–       ROEs will be electronically filed with Service Canada by Aluma’s Payroll department by mid next week.

As the situation changes, we anticipate those affected will be brought back to work. You are encouraged to keep in contact with your local union for future updates. If you have any questions relating to your pay or any other concerns, please call the main office line at 780-743-5011.

Shell recently released an update on the re-start of operations.

 

We have been able to safely restart production at a reduced rate at the Shell Albian Sands mining operations due to improved conditions, including air quality and weather. 

On May 3, operations at Albian were suspended to focus our resources on the safety of our people, their loved ones and the wider community.  These critical response efforts included providing shelter at Albian Village work camp and evacuation from our air strip for displaced employees, contractors and community members.

“Safe restart is important to our company and staff to allow us to contribute to the recovery efforts of the Fort McMurray area,” said Zoe Yujnovich, Shell Executive Vice President, Oil Sands. “Safely resuming some of our operations will help us continue to provide fuel to the firefighters, ambulances, planes and others dedicated to the response efforts.”

We will fly in and fly out staff to help resume operations over the coming days and weeks. Locally based employees may choose to support operations only if they are willing and available.

Background

• The Albian site remains safe and secure. The fire has turned direction away from our site.
• Air quality at site is being continuously monitored and remains at a safe level. We will continue to monitor.
• Our Albian village camp was opened to the public and sheltered more than 2,000 evacuees between May 3 and May 7. There are currently no evacuees being sheltered at Albian Village.
• More than 8,000 individuals were evacuated from the Albian Aerodrome on more than 80 flights between May 3 and May 7, via multiple airlines who have generously allotted planes and staff.
• Shell emergency response teams on the ground in Fort McMurray continue to support local and provincial fire crews and we are donating fuel to first responders in the region.
• An employee donation program has been set up with the Canadian Red Cross to be matched by Shell and the Alberta and Canadian governments.

Regards,

 

Ron Harry

Good Morning,

 

Latest information we have from Suncor regarding the return to work for the Turnaround and Maintenance

 

Turnaround

 

• Return date Management/Supervisor Wednesday May 11 or May 12
• FM and DFL May 12-13
• Camp Noralta (subject to change)

 

Maintenance

 

• Expectation for the Maintenance team is to return to site(boots on the ground) on Monday May 16
• Camp Borealis (subject to change)

 

Suncor has assigned Travel Coordinators to arrange travel to site from either Calgary or Edmonton.  We have sent out a blanket email late yesterday to all Turnaround employees that we have email addresses for and approximately 50 have responded so far.  We have no email addresses for approximately 38 workers and will call them this morning.  Following that we will send communication out to all Maintenance personnel to provide an update on their return to work which is expected for Monday May 16^th.

 

We also need to contact all workers who have taken the recent call to confirm their location and coordinate Suncor flights from either  Edmonton or Calgary in order to coordinate a mobilization and orientation date.

 

Once we know the status of all workers availability to return to work we will advise if additional workers are required to fill out the crews. 

 

Sincerely,

Ron Richards, Vice President

Due to Kings University not being able to accommodate our meeting date Local 110 will be hosting the General Membership Meeting in the Local 110 Training Center located at 9335-47 street lower level starting at Noon.

All,

 

We are currently working with Suncor to expedite the return of all Fuller Austin Turnaround employees to Suncor Base Plant.  Below are the details of the remobilization plans as outlined to us by Suncor:

•   Suncor will provide fly-in/fly-out service to Fort McMurray from either Calgary or Edmonton (there is NO driving to site)
•   Turnaround window is expected to be 2-3 weeks after restart
•   There will be no fly-out until Post activities start
•   Shifts are yet to be determined for remainder of execution (possibly 6&1, 12&2).  All workers to remain in camp on days off during execution window
•   Shifts for Post activities TBD

Please note that Fuller Austin will be processing Record of Employment (ROE) documents for all Fort McMurray based employees, to expedite the EI application process, should you request a layoff.  Do not be alarmed if you receive a ROE and are in fact returning to work.

 

If you are a Fuller Austin Turnaround employee please email dan.richards@fulleraustin.com and iain.maskell@stuartolson.com with the following information:

1.      Do you wish to receive a layoff, or return to work?
2.      When are you available to return to work?
3.      Will you be flying from Calgary or Edmonton to return to work?
4.      Please also include the following:

First Name:

Last Name:

Home Address:                        

Current Location (address):       

Email Address:

Phone Number:

Please note – this email is not a confirmation to return to work.  At this time we are gauging the interest and ability of our Turnaround workers to return to work according to the terms noted above.  Once plans are confirmed by Suncor we will contact you individually to arrange flights.

 

 

Regards,

 

Dan Richards & Iain Maskell

Good afternoon Brothers and Sisters,

The cheques from the International Disaster Relief Fund have been delivered and are available for pick up or if you prefer to have it mailed to where you are currently staying. You can call into the Edmonton office and speak with Administrative Executive ShannonTilley.

If you see your name on the list below, we have a cheque ready for you.  If your name isn’t on the list, and you are a resident of Fort McMurray, please call the office and speak with either, VP Vince Engel, Northern Business Doug Casemore or Administrative Executive Shannon Tilley.

This evening Vice President Vince Engel and Northern Business Agent Doug Casemore will remain in the office until 7pm, making themselves available to hand out cheques.  If the door is locked, please call Agent Casemore at 780-777-3006.

In Solidarity,

Brother Kevin Lecht

Vicente	Alcantara
Bradley	Andreeff
Roger	Andrews
Collin	Armstrong
Thomas	Balint
Yoseph	Banksira
Claude	Belanger
Danny	Bennett
Ben	Bennett
Madeline	Bennett
Aime	Berard
Jason	Bodoano
Daniel	Butler
Walter	Butt
Steve	Cairns
Blanca	Campbell
Douglas	Casemore
Michael	Casey
Albert	Clarke
Stephane	Comeau
Ronald	Conroy
Dianne	Corbett
Leo	Corcoran
Jean	Correa
Havanna	Couture
Brian	Decker
Ryan	DeGruchy
Roland	Deschamps
Pascal	Desjardins
Leon	Dunphy
Shannon	Dunphy
Suzanna	Durand
Rosa	Esmieu
Andy	Evasiuk
Tina	Fenn
Dallas	Fitch
Allison	Flett
James	Fraser
Yves	Frechette
Derrick	George
Andrzej	Giardino
Kirk	Gibbard
Amare	Gifawossen
Pierre	Gionet
Steven	Gracie
Brent	Gunn
Lorne	Guy
Kyle	Hamelin
Shemsuden	Hasen
Brenda	Hefferan
Roderick	Herrick
Katelyn	Hill
Enos	Holloway
Nancy	Howatt
Adam	King
Toby	Krekoski
Jean	Lacombe
John	Leask
Pierre	LeBlond
Andre	Lebreton
Robert	Lemoine
Cesar	Lengua-Aliaga
Joe	Levoir
Robb	Lima
Rolando	Lluveras-Gorotiza
Ryan	Macdonald
Colin	Macleod
Megan	MacQuarrie
Olivia	Marietta
Genny	Martinez
Francisco	Martinez
Sylvain	Mecteau
Dennis	Morais-Gregan
Murray	Muir
Suzanne	Murphy
John	Navasca
Fabrice	Ngendakumana
Michael	O'bray
Mohamud	Omar
Michael	Osborne
Michael	Osborne
Viviana	Palacio-Pena
David	Peers
Darren	Penney
Elazar	Peters
Marvin	Peters
Randy	Platt
Edmond	Price
Robert	Proulx
Maureen	Rhynold
Denis	Robillard
Nancy	Robinson
Terry	Romans
Marty	Ross
Darcy	Rustad
Crystal	Rutley
Donna	Sheaves
Thomas	Simms
Chris	Squires
Terry	Stennick
Leszek	Stolarz
Ada	Swyers
Rodney	Thomas
Wesley	Thomas
Rodney	Tobin
Latif	Uyar
Olga	Villagran
Gerry	Wareham
David	Wareham
Reshid	Wellebo
Trevor	Wight
Julie	Williams
Peter	Wiscombe
Michael	Woods
Kenneth	Zawitkoski

We hope this post finds everyone safe and out of harm’s way from the fires. We are confident that all Aluma employees from the Syncrude site have been evacuated and are safe. We would like to thank all who helped with the Fort McMurray fire disastor, from those who gave up their camp rooms for the evacuated families, to those that manned the phones, the liaisons between camps, and everyone else who did their part in this time of crisis. 

 

We would also like to thank those who are continuing to help in other parts of the province and country by opening their homes and hearts by providing food, shelter, transportation and comfort for those in need. 

 

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those who are residents of Ft McMurray and hope this post finds them and their families safe. 

 

We ask anyone who has not done so, to contact their families of their whereabouts.  

 

What Now??

 

On Friday night we were informed that Syncrude will be bringing down its plant and taking it off line. They have procedures to do this safely, and when the time comes, to bring it back online safely. At this time, with the uncertainty of the fires, they have no timeline for startup. Once the region becomes more stable, there will be more information.

 

We will not be issuing Lay Offs for our employees at this time, we encourage everyone to use the below link, set up especially for Ft McMurray evacuees, to start their Employment Insurance claims.

 

Go to: Government of Canada Web Page

Search: Fort McMurray: Important Notice

 

With all of our management and admin team relocated across the province, our resources are limited, we are working at ensuring those who worked May 1-3 (Sun-Tues) will still receive their regular pay on Thursday May 12. All other questions will have to wait until we can regroup and execute a path forward. 

 

Once again, thank you to all of you who helped and continue to help in this time of crisis.