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Canada’s Building Trades Unions are fully supportive of the Government of Canada’s response to U.S. President Trump’s recent decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum on Canadian companies. “We unequivocally support Prime Minister Trudeau and his government for taking…

"Today's actions by the Government of Canada shows true leadership, courage and vision," says Robert Blakely, Chief Canadian Officer of Canada's Building Trades Unions. "These governments have invested in Canada and they deserve praise for doing so, the pipeline system…

The president of OPEC urged Canada on Tuesday to invest in infrastructure to move oil and gas, or risk watching investment flow away to the United States.  The Canadian government agreed in May to buy the Trans Mountain oil pipeline…

Changes to the Alberta Labour Relations Code in 2017 have resulted in the highest number of new union certifications in Alberta in a decade.  "The change in Alberta's labour law was expected to increase the amount of union organizing that…

Premier Pallister has introduced this legislation, there is still time to stop Bill 28 from passing. Show Your Support Watch a video explaining the bill

If you happen to be a construction worker in British Columbia, odds are you’ve been left out of the NDP’s new labour deal for public infrastructure projects. On July 16, Premier John Horgan announced that the B.C. government reached an…

Social Media Should Be Used Responsibly Think about how often you use online tools throughout your day. The use of social media has many positive benefits however, we must be aware that using social media for work and in our…

We need our members to stand together in solidarity. Why? Because, recently, some of our members started working with non-union contractors in our jurisdiction. This occurred with two Alberta companies, Skyway Canada and Franks Sandblasting & Coatings. Both companies are…

Keep Canada Working has recently launched a Timeline about the Trans Mountain Pipeline on its website. The page is an illustrated chronical of where we are in the process and just how far the Trans Mountain Pipeline has come since…

Many apprentices find the apprenticeship process so difficult that they don’t complete their training. That’s why ASK is here.The Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge Centre’s mission is to assist apprentices in the Building Trades to progress in, and complete their apprenticeships.…

Canadians are less than one month away from going to the polls to elect our nation’s leaders for the next four years. Included in those Canadians are more than 60,000 hard-working members of 18 local unions the Building Trades of…

MacKinnon report gives Kenney roadmap for Klein-style cuts Former premier used 'spending problem' argument in 1994 to slash $950M in government spendingRead More Is Jason Kenney Still A Popular Politician? Read More

Vote is as follows:Cement Masons - 34 Yes | 14 NoPlasterers - 35 Yes | 32 NoRead the Collective Agreements Ratification Vote Results

Building Trades of Alberta's "In The Loop" We are excited to aanounce that the first issue of the Building Trades of Alberta’s quarterly e-magazine, “In the Loop.” is now available online Click Here to Read

Local 222 Keeyask Project Decision and Award Wage Increase Please be advised that Local 222 has received an Arbitration Decision in the Matter of a dispute under the Burntwood Nelson Agreement (‘the BNA”)between the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons Local…

CSTS 2020 which will be the new requirement for most work sites. CSTS 09 is being upgraded to a new version: CSTS 2020 which will be the new requirement for most work sites. Members can upgrade to CSTS 2020 for FREE thought the Alberta…

The Operative Plasterers & Cement Masons' Local 222 has more than 300 skilled Concrete Finishers available for your project's needs.