The Women In Trades Awards/Bursaries Program was created to recognize women who are members of the Canadian Building Trades, and to bring awareness of employment opportunities for women in the skilled trades. This annual award/bursaries program provides 3 recipients each with $1,500, for a total of $4,500 in awards. Application deadline is April 30, 2021.
For more information, please visit https://actims.ca/awards-bursaries/.
Local 128 member, Kim Quinn shares her career journey, her motivation, and her vision of the future of women joining the trades on the Perfectly Unfiltered podcast.
Listen here: https://perfectlyunfiltered.buzzsprout.com/953725/8008474-017-kim-quinn-boilermaker-welder
Pursuant to Article 2.9 of the Constitution, the Local 128 Secretary Treasurer must submit to Headquarters (by June 4, 2021) all proposed amendments to the International Brotherhood Constitution and/or all other resolutions having to do with the establishment of or declaration of policy in order for them to be reported to the delegates of the 34th Consolidated Convention. To read the communication from IST Creeden log into Members Only (select “Lodges” in the main menu and then the “Local 128” tab).
To submit a resolution(s) or amendment(s) please ensure that Local 128 receives your submission by email at: with the subject line IBB Resolution Submission no later than May 7th, 2021. In your type written or clearly printed resolution / amendment, please reference the applicable article and article name that it corresponds to in the current International Brotherhood Constitution.
Please address any questions or concerns to President Stirling Munn or BM/ST, Roy Grills.
Attention All Members:
As a result of the ongoing provincial government safety orders due to the coronavirus, be advised that the union meeting on Wednesday March 10th will be cancelled.
Important information regarding the 2021 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers 34th Consolidated Convention is available by logging in to Members Only (select “Lodges” in the main menu and then the “Local 128” tab).
Topics include:
Local 128 Scholarship Competition
Application Deadline: April 30, 2021
International Scholarship Competition
Application Deadline: March 1, 2021
For more information, please visit https://scholarships.boilermakers.org
The Hamilton and District Labour Council (HDLC) 2021 International Women’s Day celebration will be held virtually on March 10, 2021 and will feature inspiring speakers, a musical performance and door prizes. For more information or to register, see the following links:
IWD 2021 Online Event – HDLC (hamiltonlabour.ca)
Tip 1 – Speed: Ride at a realistic speed to prevent injury and reduce the risk of accidents.
Tip 2 – Tethers: Invest in a tether to shut the motor off if you are separated from your machine. Always wear the tether when sledding.
Tip 3 – Ice: No matter the season, be cautious around frozen water. Be aware of the ice depth and strength, and stagger snowmobiles while crossing. Grey and slushy ice should be avoided!
Tip 4 – The Buddy System: No matter your skill level, ride with at least one other person and stay together.
Tip 5 – Don’t Exceed Skill Set: Make sure everyone in the group is comfortable with the trip plan and that it matches their abilities. Never give a young person a machine with more horsepower than they can safely operate.
Tip 6 – PPE: Dress for the weather and always wear your helmet.
Tip 7 – Sobriety: Never operate a snow machine under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Driving a snow machine while impaired carries the same penalties as operating a motor vehicle.
Tip 8 – Be prepared for an emergency with a first aid kit, signally flares, something to build a fire if needed.
Tip 1 – GET THE GEAR: Ensure everyone has an avalanche transceiver, shovel, and probe on their person and knows how to use them.
Tip 2 – GET THE TRAINING: Take an avalanche course.
Tip 3 – GET THE FORECAST: Make a riding plan based on the current avalanche and weather forecast.
Tip 4 – GET THE PICTURE: If you see recent avalanche activity unstable snow exists. Riding on or underneath slopes is dangerous.
Tip 5 – GET OUT OF HARM’S WAY: One at a time on all avalanche slopes. Don’t go to help your stuck friend. Don’t group up in runout zones.
Enjoy your adventure, have fun and play safe.
Attention All Members:
Due to the ongoing provincial government’s COVID-19 state of emergency and stay-at-home order, be advised that the Wednesday, February 10th union meeting is cancelled.
The following article, submitted by International Representative Richard MacIntosh, was posted in the Edmonton Journal on January 22, 2021.
Investment in green technology will be critical, Richard MacIntosh writes.
When it comes to Canada’s natural resources, I can almost chant the numbers: 909 resource communities, 1.9 million jobs, $86 billion in investment.
Canada is No. 1 in the world for producing potash, No. 1 for canola, No. 2 for uranium, No. 5 for gold, No. 10 for copper. And No. 3 in the world for the area of forests and for oil reserves.
We now need all our resources to play their role in Canada’s recovery from the pandemic slump, and in Alberta and other provinces where resources underpin the economy. Investments in innovation and technology to support natural-resource development for the energy industry are vital, and create a win-win story for people and the environment.
Governments need to support such initiatives, which enable us to be greener when we extract, process, export and use energy resources. We rank No. 2 on the Global Clean-tech Innovation Index and have made real progress in tackling greenhouse-gas emissions from the oilsands and the oil and gas industry. But there’s more to be done.
We need to take a good look, for example, at the opportunities hydrogen can bring — in employment, wages and tax base — along with its zero emissions when used as a fuel.
Around the world, there are more than 1,800 LNG-fuelled electricity plants in various stages of construction. There is room to convert these to hydrogen, with small changes to the fuel-delivery system. I am a boilermaker, and I know. Canada can provide LNG, yes; but we can also provide hydrogen.
We also need to step up carbon-capture technology, which can decrease Canada’s carbon leakage, and at the same time create employment opportunities.
Look at three carbon-capture projects we have done in Canada: Boundary Dam in Saskatchewan, Shell Quest in Alberta, and the NWR Sturgeon refinery, also in Alberta. They created 6,121 total jobs, $1.6 billion in wages and benefits and generated $2.7 billion in GDP across Canada.
A Canadian white paper on large-scale carbon capture proposes a refundable capital tax credit provided in advance of construction of carbon-capture facilities, a tax credit focused on expenditures during the study and design phase of a project, and a production tax credit, similar to that of the 45Q incentive in the United States, to address competitiveness issues. Can we move on these?
And let’s consider some common sense in efficiencies: Why did we have to send 450,000 barrels of Alberta oil by tanker through the Panama Canal to New Brunswick, a journey of 12,000 kilometres in total? Because we don’t have pipeline capacity to do it.
Canada needs to support our own industries before we support the industries of other countries. We should build a pipeline across the country to deliver our oil to Canadians. And we can build a power line so Quebec can export its hydroelectricity.
As a union guy, I have to plead with governments to bring unions into the discussion about the future. They understand resource development and economics.
What does labour want to see from governments? Ensure job creation:
There’s a prescription for economic recovery and the economic future.
Richard MacIntosh is an international representative for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Canada and serves as the Boilermakers international assistant director of climate-change policy solutions. The union is also an adviser to the Task Force for Real Jobs, Real Recovery.
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