18th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Recognizes the hard work and dedication of the Local Boilermaker Brothers & Sisters!
Place:
Centennial Pines Golf Course
Date:
Friday, July 12, 2019
Tee Off Time:
9:30 a.m. (Yes, really!)
Price:
$60.00 per person
18 Holes, Dinner & 2 Drinks Included
RSVP by July 10, 2019!
For those who wish to rent a cart, please contact Centennial Pines Golf Course directly @ (807) 767-4600, as the Hall cannot do this on your behalf. Sorry!
Place:
Annandale Golf & Curling Club
221 Church St. /Bailey, Pickering/Ajax
Date:
Saturday July 6th, 2019
First Tee off:
7:30 am
Price:
$100.00 Active Members and Guests
$50.00 Retired Members
Fee Includes golf cart, dinner, & prizes
Registration Required
To Register, contact Wayne Power: Cell (416) 576-0422 or Burlington Union Hall 905-332-0128
To all Members of Boilermakers Local 128:
This will inform you that the contribution rate to the Boilermakers’ National Health and Welfare Fund (Canada) has increased by $0.10/hour earned to $3.35/hour earned effective as of June 1st, 2019. This reduces the base hourly wage rate by the same $0.10/hour.
This increase will help to ensure that our Health and Welfare Plan remains strong.
Fraternally yours,
Roy Grills
Business Manager/Secretary Treasurer
Ganotec has recognized a crew of Local 128 Members working at Vale Smelter (Sudbury, ON) for their Outstanding Quality Work. Congratulations to the team!
Dear Members:
Boilermakers Local 128 is reaching out with the offer of Industrial Rope Access training. IRATA (Industrial Rope Access Trade Association) Level 1. Please Join Us!
Burlington Union Hall
1035 Sutton Drive, Burlington
Wednesday JUNE 26th
Thursday JUNE 27th
Between 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Fraternally,
Tom MacNeil
Apprenticeship & Training Coordinator
128 Members – Please see the following letter from Arnie Stadnick to ICI Contractors:
ICI Bargaining – Letter to Contractors (PDF)
Every day in Canada an average of 3 workers will die from a workplace injury or an occupational disease.
Canada has designated April 28th the Day of Mourning. People from across all sectors of our communities – workers, families, unions and employers – will gather to remember those who have lost their lives to work-related incidents or occupational disease. On April 28th, let us join together in a moment to honour the lives impacted and reflect on how we can ensure everyone arrives home healthy and safe.
Let’s use every day to renew our commitment to Boilermaker health, safety and wellbeing.
There will be Day of Mourning ceremonies right across the country. To find an event near you, click here.
Learn more about the National Day of Mourning on the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) website.
It is a generally accepted belief that a sense of community is fostered when workers, employers, and contractors strive for a common goal, making every worker on site a partner in the success of any project.
Imperial Oil, Sarnia Refinery embodies the philosophy of excellence with zero recorded injuries in 2018. Their Joint Health and Safety Committee can easily be commended for a continued effort to promote teamwork as a predominant influencer to safety.
The Committee is comprised of 16 working groups inclusive of all on-site trades. The Boilermaker contractors on site include TAMS-AECOM, CIMS, TIW, and MATRIX.
Representing all trade workers at Imperial Oil in the Joint Health and Safety Committee is Local 128 Boilermaker, Ed Linton, who is the Union Steward for TAMS-AECOM. Ed credits his knowledge and experience to a comprehensive Apprenticeship Training Program. Ed recalls a time when promoting the use of respirators on a job site would result in a job loss and has been an advocate for safety throughout his extensive career. After years of diligently working to promote better conditions, Ed can proudly state that he has impacted the industry greatly.
Imperial Oil’s 3 million man-hours worked in 2018, by maintenance and construction trades, achieved an unprecedented zero recorded injuries. The number of Boilermakers on site ranges from 50 to 300 at given times throughout the year.
In the year 2000 Imperial Oil recorded 20 injuries, but by 2018 that number was reduced to 0. Zero injuries for 2018 is an incredible accomplishment, and Imperial Oil’s philosophy towards safety is the direct result of influence by the construction trades, and specifically the Boilermakers.
For their “Journey to Excellence, Flawless Operations”, Imperial Oil adopted the philosophy and implemented a “One Team, One Goal, Empowered Work Force.” These two empowering mottos became more than just slogans — the workers, the company and the contractors embodied the transformation to excellence.
By engaging all trades and maintenance crews through Joint Health and Safety participation, they went from a reactive workforce to one of compliance. Which ignited the atmosphere of teamwork, understanding that the road to excellence is one that is multi-faceted.
Encouraging the promotion of best practices and a “see something, say something” objective has engaged workers to be proactive in their own safety and the safety of their co-workers.
Thanks to the diligent and persistent work by Boilermakers in the industry, the Boilermakers are now regarded as leaders in safety and are recognized in that role by other trades and contractors. During a safety forum, the contributions of Ed Linton and the Joint Health and Safety Committee were recognized.
Boilermakers like Ed Linton provide leadership and mentorship that fosters pride in the union. As recognized leaders for safety, the Boilermakers are proving that highly trained individuals and a commitment to excellence can achieve a journey to zero injuries.
All members who currently work or plan to work in any of the 3 nuclear facilities in Ontario must be NQW Qualified (Nuclear Qualified Worker) before they are dispatched to work. Computer based training (CBT) at the nuclear facilities does not qualify.
EPSCA requires ALL Boilermakers to have the following qualifications and/or evaluations prior to hiring on in Pickering GS, Darlington GS and Bruce Power:
Working at Heights
Hoisting & Rigging
Install & Torque Fasteners
Confined Space
FME (Foreign Material Exclusion)
Mar 4: Confined Space 8:30am-12:00pm/FME NQW 1:00pm
Mar 5: NQW Install & Torque Fasteners 8:30am-4:00pm
Mar 6: NQW Hoisting & Rigging 8:30am-4:00pm (work boots required)
Mar 7: Working at Heights (Core 4 & NQW) 8:30am-4:00pm
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Mar 11: Confined Space 8:30am-12:00pm/FME NQW 1:00pm
Mar 12: NQW Install & Torque Fasteners 8:30am-4:00pm
Mar 13: NQW Hoisting & Rigging 8:30am-4:00pm (work boots required)
Mar 14: Working at Heights (Core 4 & NQW) 8:30am-4:00pm
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Mar 18: NQW – F.M.E. 8:30am
Mar 19: NQW Install & Torque Fasteners 8:30am-4:00pm
Mar 20: NQW Hoisting & Rigging 8:30am-4:00pm (work boots required)
Mar 21: Working at Heights (Core 4 & NQW) 8:30am-4:00pm
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Mar 25: FME NQW, Confined Space 8:30am
Mar 26: NQW Install & Torque Fasteners 8:30am-4:00pm
Mar 27: NQW Hoisting & Rigging 8:30am-4:00pm (work boots required)
Mar 28: Working at Heights (Core 4 & NQW) 8:30am-4:00pm
To schedule your training, please contact:
Matt Mootrey: mmootrey@ibblocal128.org or (905) 332-0128 ext 238
Eddie Wall: ewall@ibblocal128.org or (905) 332-0128 ext 221
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