IUOE News - Fall 2011

District 1
IUOE Local 115
10 News September 2011
Project labour agreements secure work for members
Everett Cummings, Member Representative
In my last article, I mentioned that we had signed
a project labour agreement for the McNally Aecon
JV Fraser River Crossing. Since then, the Operating
Engineers and Labourers Local 1611 have signed another
agreement on the Fraser River crossing with Bencor
Canada (Bencor Group of America). Bencor will be doing
the slurry walls on each side of the river and employing
crane operators and heavy duty mechanics.
Local 115 and other building trade affiliates have also
signed an agreement with Aecon for the construction of
compressor stations in the northern part of the province.
Aecon will be building them for Spectra, which traditionally
builds with non-union or CLAC companies. Keeping
our members working and securing work often done by
Christmas Dance
Saturday, Dec. 10
OE Auditorium
4333 Ledger Avenue
Burnaby
Cocktails: 6:30 p.m.
Deluxe Smorgasbord: 7:30 p.m.
Dancing: 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Advance sales only
Tickets: $35 per person
(Pensioners $30 per person)
To purchase your tickets,
call 604-291-8831.
the unorganized sector is a great achievement for the OEs
and the building trades unions.
Out in the Fraser Valley, we’ve signed up a new
welding company, RDM Metal Works. RDM does the
same work as RMW did on all types of plants, including
preventative maintenance service work with millwrights.
The addition of RDM will be appreciated by
our other signatory companies who require a welding sub
contractor.
I would like to congratulate Brother Brett Chapman
on making the change from organizer to member
representative. Brett was a steward for me at Frontier
Kemper, and I know he will do a great job for the
membership in this new role.