It has been announced that Jacobs has secured the maintenance work for the Insulators, Boilermakers, Labourers, Millwrights and Pipefitters at the DOW Prentiss project, located North East of Red Deer.  

Jacobs anticipates that they will be mobilized with most of the workforce in place by July 6, 2015 with about 60-70 total craft workers on site. This will open up a number of long term maintenance opportunities, as well as short term turnaround opportunities, for the members of Local 110 in and around the Red Deer area.

The agreement that Jacobs will be working under at the DOW Prentiss project will be the same GPMA that covers Jacobs at the DOW Chemical Fort Saskatchewan project. The agreement will be changed to reflect the addition of the DOW Prentiss project and the new agreement date will be June 8, 2015. This agreement can be found at the GPMC/NMC website gpmccanada.com.

Jacobs taking over such a major scope of work at a traditionally nonunion project is something all members should take pride in. The members are the ones that have made this opportunity possible by showing our professionalism in quality, productivity and safety.

Skyhigh Canada Ltd. has become a signatory contractor to Local 110.

Skyhigh has taken over the maintenance contract at the Plains Midstream plan near Fort Saskatchewan and already has a number of Local 110 members on site, with hopes of expanding the crew in the future.

Anytime a company partners with the union it is truly a team effort and everyone involved should be proud of this accomplishment. However I would especially like to thank Mike Cassidy. His efforts working from the management side, to smooth out the bumps in the process, made this partnership possible.

Local 110 is sad to announce the passing of Brother Larry Kshyk.

Local 110 was notified that Brother Kshyk passed away May 20, 2015

Relatives and friends may pay their respects this Sunday, May 24, 2015, from 1:30pm until 3:00pm with the funeral service to follow at 3:00pm at Park Memorial Chapel, 9709 – 111 Avenue, Edmonton, In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta.

As of 4:30 today all the ballots that will be counted have been returned, date stamped received, and placed in the ballot box.

The members responsible for the count started shortly there after and the results will be announced at the Local 110 General Membership Meeting tomorrow afternoon and posted on the BM update.

Good Day Sisters and Brothers

The Canadian Building Trades have now formally re-launched their Women in the Trades Program and the Building Trades of Alberta is ready to start a provincial chapter to work on the same platform, only at a Local level.

The Alberta Building Trades have asked each Local at the discretion of the Business Manager, to designate one female representative to participate in this provincial initiative. This is not to be confused with the National representatives that work with Lindsay. This provincial initiative is completely separate.

Local 110 is opening up the opportunity to be our representative to all Female journeyman members. If you are interested in becoming involved with the Women in the Trades Program please contact Shannon T by Email at shannont@insulators110.com or by phone at 780-426-2874 before May 8, 2015 4:30pm. A draw will take place at the May 9, 2015 General Membership Meeting and at that time the representative for Local 110 will be named.

Good luck to all

Good day Brothers and Sisters

From Monday May 4, 2015 till Thursday May 7, 2015 Northern Business Agent Doug Casemore and I will be attending the annual Canadian Building Trades Canadian Legislative Conference in Ottawa Ontario. Edmonton Business Agent Doug Johnson will be in the Edmonton office and Southern Business Agent Pat Tilley will be in the Calgary office.

If you have a pressing matter that requires Doug Casmore or my attention please contact Shannon Tilley at the Edmonton Union office at 780 426 2874 and Doug or I will return your call as soon as possible.

Name	Status	Tentative	Final
Matthew Duhan-Simmonds	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Paul Duff	1st year	Rejected	Rejected
Adam Vaillancourt	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Shanyn Real Contantin	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Ingo Schmidt	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Daniel Schlosser	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Andre Addison	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Ahmed Osman Abdi	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Matthew Pedersen	JM “C”	Accepted	Accepted
Jonathan Pohl	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Jose Magfredo Portillo	Industrial Helper	Accepted	Accepted
Mohamed Hire Mohamed	1st year	Accepted	Accepted
Elesa Rouel	Production Worker	Accepted	Accepted
Mark Thompson	Production Worker	Accepted	Accepted
Nick Gammon	Production Worker	Accepted	Accepted

As of this week, there are settlements pending ratification for 4 of the 24 trade jurisdictions in the general sector, and 16 of the 24 have ratified collective agreements.

Last week the Boilermakers and the Bricklayers Refractory completed the voting process. The Bricklayers Refractory ratified their collective agreement and the Boilermakers voted to reject the memorandum of agreement, they are the first union to do so.

The Alberta Building Trades have sent out the following information regarding the Alberta Provincial Election.

 

 In the days leading up to elections, questions often arise about the rights of employees to have time free from work to cast their votes. This bulletin summarizes employee rights and employer obligations with respect to voting time during provincial and territorial elections.

 Eligibility

To be an eligible voter, an employee must be a Canadian citizen who is 18 years of age on the day of the vote. In addition, the employee must have been a resident of the province or territory for a minimum period of time prior to the day of the election. The residency period requirements are as follows:

6 months: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan

 Consecutive Hours Off for Voting

Employees are entitled to a certain number of consecutive hours off work during voting hours to cast their ballots. The following chart summarizes the consecutive hours to which an employee is entitled as well as the hours during which polls are open:

Alberta

3 consecutive hours

9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

 

An employer does not have an obligation to provide time off of work where the required number of consecutive hours falls outside an employee's hours of work and within the voting hours, being the time the polls are open.

However, where the hours of work do not allow for the required consecutive voting hours, an employer must grant additional time off for voting sufficient to provide the required consecutive voting hours to any employee who requests it. This additional time may be granted at any time that is convenient for the employer.

Consider the Following Examples:

Employee 1 lives in Edmonton, and works from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The employer would have no obligation to provide paid time off of work, even if requested, as Employee 1 has a consecutive three-hour period from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. during which he/she can vote.

Employee 2 lives in Calgary, and works from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. If requested by the employee, the employer must provide enough time off of work to allow a three-hour consecutive voting period. The employer could allow Employee 2 to start at 12 p.m., as this would provide a three-hour window between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. during which to vote. The employer could also allow Employee 2 to leave at 5 p.m., providing Employee 2 with a three-hour voting period between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

 

Additional information such as dates for advanced polls, where to vote and eligibility to vote can be found at www.electionsalberta.ab.ca