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

 

Friday May 23rd 2014

 Western International Vice President Vince Engel and I spent Tuesday, May 20th meeting with individuals in Calgary to see if we could convince them to let us do an Energy audit on an existing high-rise, this would entail our expert going in and detailing all the missing insulation, breached firestopping and insulation that was no longer efficient. We would then present them with a detailed report on the cost to replace the insulation as well as how much energy in gigajoules was being wasted and the amount of Co2 gases in tons that are being released into the atmosphere as well as the actual savings they would have, as well the time frame for them to recoup their original investment. Overall, the meetings went very well with good opportunities to promote mechanical insulation and build relationships with government and industry leaders.  The meeting  Craig Watt, Executive  Director, Premier’s Southern Alberta Office was very positive, and we were impressed with Mr. Watt’s knowledge about energy, and he had good questions after the power point/deck presentation.  Watt will facilitate additional meetings with the Alberta Energy and Infrastructure ministers, and the current manpower shortages in Alberta provided a good opportunity for us to describe the importance of apprenticeship training to provide the necessary experience for apprentices to become journeymen.  Watt also suggested that we consider having a full-time marketing/development professional expand our communications efforts.The meeting with Param Sekhon, Director, South Region Infrastructure, and Infrastructure Alberta was also positive, as Mr. Sekhon is responsible for the new builds in Alberta.  He was also impressed with our presentation and was also encouraging the use of energy audits to promote our energy efficiency work.    The meeting with Lloyd Suchet, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, BOMA (Building Owners Managers Association of Calgary) went well, as we was very well prepared for the meeting, and while he did not have any specific recommendations, he did state that he would share our interest in performing energy audits with his BOMA committee members.  The last meeting with Tom Dixon, Business and Trade Development Sector, Calgary Economic Development was not positive as Mr. Dixon was distracted and not focused on our presentation.    

Yesterday May 22nd the Business Managers for the various 22 unions met for our monthly Building Trades of Alberta Executive Board Meeting in Red Deer alot of members are frustrated by some of the schedules and agreements that the Building Trades approves, I will let you know that a motion to approve a schedule or agreement is needed and then a seconder followed by discussion on the pros and cons of approving such a schedule or agreement, after everyone has had their say it goes to a vote and the majority rules whether to approve or deny. In todays enviroment with us competing for work against CLAC, Merit and the open shops the Building Trades agrees in is better to get us onto sites previously closed to the unions and increase our market share and then show them the advantages of using our skilled workers. We met for the entire day and discussed numerous issues including RSAP and hopefully I will have some good news to report in the near future.

Monday May 12th, 2014

Here are the results of the applications for union membership!

 

Glenn Harder – 1st year permit, 384 hours, still employed,  Accepted

Rodney K. Lewis – JM permit, previous member, 10,312 hours, Still employed,  Accepted

Michel Viau – Transfer, JM Local 58, 290 hours, still employed,  Accepted

Dennis S. Robert – 1st year permit, 1875 hours, previously accepted,  Accepted

Sean Keable – Transfer, JM Local 95, 7150 hours, still employed, Rejected

Donald J. Epp – Transfer, JM Local 95, 2110 hours, no missed time,  Accepted

James McFadyen – Transfer, JM Local 95, 1969 hours, still employed, Rejected

David Rondeau – Transfer, JM Local 95, 6978 hours, still employed,  Accepted

Lawrence Wehyee – 3rd year permit, 5838 hours, still employed,  Accepted

Kyla Hawco – 1st year permit, 349 hours, no missed time,  Accepted

Jessica Kacklin – 1st year permit, 681 hours, still employed,  Accepted

Pierre Maguet – 2nd year permit, 2,167 hours,,  Accepted

Dylan Worsell – 1st year permit, 517 hours, still employed, Accepted

Kofi Boakye- Yiadom – 1st year permit, 618 hours, still employed, Accepted

Denis Robichaud – Transfer, JM Local 58, 5,852 hours, still employed,  Accepted

Timothy Bailey – Journeyman C, 620 hours, Held over until June meeting

Grizzie Arku – 1st year permit,  Held over till June meeting 

Gordon Wolfe – 3rd year permit, 1,326 hours,still employed, tentatively accepted

Vicent Wishmwn – Journeyman, 2435 hours,still employed, tentatively accepted

Darrel Stock – Journeyman, previous member, 20,989 hours, previous member, tentatively accepted

Bradley Lewis – Transfer Local 95, 577 hours, still employed, tentatively accepted

Congratulations to all our new members, please contact the Union hall ASAP to make final arrangements.

 

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Thursday, March 20th, 2014

Good morning, there has been some confusion about how Joffre NMA calls work, so just to clarify:

NMA Article 19.303 states the Union will undertake to dispatch qualified persons for employment in the following sequence, (i) qualified union members who are local residents; (ii) qualified union members residing outside of the local area.

As confirmed by the GPMCC/NMCC, this means the company is obligated to hire or name hire (in accordance with the proper percentages) from the pool of qualified members who are deemed to be local residents. If that pool of workers was exhausted, they (the company) would be able to hire or name hire (in accordance with the proper percentages) from those union members residing outside of the local area. 

A local resident is a person who has resided within one hundred (100) radius kilometers of the project for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the date of hire and the person's residence is the place where the person permanently maintains a self-contained domestic establishment in which s/he resides; original documents (not photo copies) are required for proof of residence and will be verified by the employer, copied and returned; two (2) of the following are acceptable: income tax assessment; property tax assessment; EI; utilities receipt. All of this is detailed in Article 19.300 of the NMA and all of it was included for competitive as well as practical reasons when the agreement was established in 1994/1995.

I hope this clears up the questions you might have had about this.

Wade Logan
Business Manager
 

Monday, March 10th, 2014

Good Morning at the Saturday General Membership meeting we had over 100 members in attendance great to see such a great turn out and they voted to put the upcoming May Increase of 75 cents into the following two funds, 44 cents will go into the Pension fund and 31 cents will also go into the Health and Welfare plan as well here are the results for the applicantations for membership as voted on by the membership.

Doug Kanto –                          JM – Previous member, 11,623 hrs. –  Accepted

Amanda Tipton –                     1st Year Permit, 1889 hrs. –  Accepted

Edwin Perdomo –                    1st Year Permit, 2,357 hrs. –  Accepted

Megan MacQuarrie-                1st Year Permit, over  400 hrs. –  Accepted

Devin La –                              1st Year Permit, 442 hrs. –  Accepted

Dean Ziegler –                         2nd Year Permit, 6,787 hrs. –  Accepted

Rickey E Smith –                    JM Transfer – Local 95, 7,559 hrs. –  Accepted

Joe Calladine –                      JM Transfer – Local 95, 4,834.9 hrs. –  Accepted

Evan Dahms –                         Journeyman, Organized –  Accepted

Victor Lair –                             JM Transfer – Local 95, 5,947 hrs. –  Accepted ,

David Mitchell –                        JM – previous member, 6,517 hrs. –  Accepted

Nevada Webb Cunnington –       Firestopper, Organized,  Accepted

Jason Cunnington –                  Firestopper, Organized, –  Accepted

Ilia Koltsov –                             Firestopper, Organized –  Accepted

Steve Richardson –                  JM Transfer – Local 131, 6,554 hrs. –  Accepted

Bruce Cartier –                        1st Year Permit, Organized,  Accepted

Jacques Bourget –                   JM Transfer – Local 58, 3,139 hrs. –  Rejected

Please contact the Union hall to complete paperwork and pay initiation cost for the successful applicants, and Congratulations!!!

Also at this meeting our membership voted to split the May wage increase of 75 cents by putting 44 cents into the Pension Plan and the remaining 31 cents into the Health and Welfare Plan.

Tuesday, March 4th,2014

I have been getting a few phone calls concerned about seeing advertisements for Insulators on job banks posting and other media by our contractors and I just want to let our members know that due to the number of Insulators that are anticipated for the upcoming work our contractors are getting ready to apply for a Labor Market Opinion (LMO) from the Federal government. Part of the process for them to be approved for an LMO is to prove they have advertised for Canadian workers and then report back the number of individuals that responded back to their ad. An additional step is they must have a letter from the Union confirming that they too believe there will be a shortage of Qualified Canadian workers, if the government is convinced there will be a labor shortage then an LMO is granted to the contractor and when the shortage arrives they can begin bringing in TFW's. There is more to the process than what I have outlined but if you have any questions please give me a call.

 

Monday, March 3rd, 2014

Temporary Foreign Workers

 

This morning I attended the TFW rally at the Legislature and I applaud the members of the various unions who braved the weather to try to institute a change to the TFW process. While I too think the process is flawed and needs to be amended, I believe that the Building Trades of Alberta, The Alberta Federation of Labor and perhaps the AUPE need to be involved to come up with one agenda that all their members can promote.

In my opinion the TFW’s are a Band-Aid solution to our labor shortage in Alberta and the real solution would be to promote and train the young men and women here in Alberta. This would necessitate a change by the government to have a clear set percentage of 1st year apprentices required on all Alberta projects and to police that it is being met.

The second criteria would be complete transparency and would follow the Sunshine program outlined in the AFL whicht is proposing an online searchable database listing all employers holding work permits in the program. This would mean the database would also include Labour Market Opinions, Accelerated Labour Market Opinions, and employers using the Alberta Pilot Project or any similar project in other provinces.

It would also include the number of workers, job classifications and wages being paid to the workers, as well as the worksites where the workers are employed, bottom line needs to be if you are qualified to work here you should be paid the prevailing wage. One last point I would like to make is I do not classify our brothers and sister to the south as TFW’s as they are part of our International have similar apprenticeship and our dispatched out of our hall here in Alberta.

 

Saturday, March 1st, 2014

Here are the applicants for Union membership fpr the March 8th meeting they are tentative until voted on by the membership in attendence at the March 8th meeting, hope to see you there.

 Sands Hotel (Flamenco Banquet Room) ** Vote on allocation of the May 2014 wage increase, and on delegates for the 2014 Canadian Conference

Doug Kanto –                          JM – Previous member, 11,623 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Amanda Tipton –                     1st Year Permit, 1889 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Edwin Perdomo –                    1st Year Permit, 2,357 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Megan MacQuarrie-                1st Year Permit, over  400 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Devin La –                              1st Year Permit, 442 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Dean Ziegler –                         2nd Year Permit, 6,787 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Rickey E Smith –                    JM Transfer – Local 95, 7,559 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Joe Calladine –                      JM Transfer – Local 95, 4,834.9 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Evan Dahms –                         Journeyman, Organized – Tentatively Accepted

Victor Lair –                             JM Transfer – Local 95, 5,947 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted Organized,

David Mitchell –                        JM – previous member, 6,517 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Nevada Webb Cunnington –       Firestopper, Organized, Tentatively Accepted

Jason Cunnington –                  Firestopper, Organized, – Tentatively Accepted

Ilia Koltsov –                             Firestopper, Organized – Tentatively Accepted

Steve Richardson –                  JM Transfer – Local 131, 6,554 hrs. – Tentatively Accepted

Bruce Cartier –                        1st Year Permit, Organized, Tentatively Accepted

Jacques Bourget –                   JM Transfer – Local 58, 3,139 hrs. – Tentatively Rejected

 

 

Thursday, February 27,2014

Aerogel/Pyrogel

There has been a lot of talk lately on Aerogel/Pyrogel and what the Union is doing to help the members. I can tell you that we at the local level and at the International level are concerned as well. Here we have the WOW Center studying and charting the members who have been working with this product; at the International level they are pushing NIOSH the American version of OSHA to be proactive and complete more intensive research. The fact right now is that this is an insulation material and we are working with it all across North America and we will continue to push for further research into the material and a clear knowledge of the Personal Protective Equipment required. Local 110 is being proactive and pushing our contractors to err on the side of caution and use the best P.P.E. outlined in the MSDS. We will continue to monitor the product and update the P.P.E. as scientific evidence warrants it.

There have been some members comparing the Aerogel/Pyrogel product to asbestos, causing fear and problems at work sites, I cannot condone that. I started in 1980 as a commercial 1^st year apprentice when the contractors were allowed to use whatever asbestos product they had stockpiled from previous purchases. I saw firsthand that there was no communication from our Government to our Union Hall or to membership to enforce the meager Personal Protective Equipment that was required or to try to educate the membership on the dangers of inhaling or ingesting asbestos fibers. I saw my Journeymen and I working in our street clothes which we all took home to be laundered with  our families clothing, exposing them all to asbestos fibers. At no time was I or my coworkers ever informed or warned of the dire consequences of this product by our Government or the Union Hall. The only protection I saw was the paper filter masks we could ask for and being new I saw no danger as the insulators I was working with would cut holes in their mask so they could smoke while wearing them and continue to work. I know for a fact while mixing Blue mud which is 99% asbestos in a trough in a boiler room with a hoe there was dust so thick you could not see and we all continued to work some with paper masks and some with nothing. So I take great exception to the comparison and know firsthand the lack of education we as insulators received from our local and the contractors and the meager Personal Protective Equipment that was enforced. I look at the membership now and see the education on all the products has been greatly increased and the knowledge of the importance of protecting yourself while working. I see our members wearing coveralls on all projects and when working with aerogel disposable coveralls and nitrile gloves and half mask or full face mask with P 100 filters and I wish that the members affected with asbestosis would have had the same education and P.P.E. and they would all still be here today. We will continue to monitor and push for research to increase safety with all products!

   Wade Logan                                                                                                                        

   Business Manager

 

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