PREMUS2016

PREMUS 2016
Welcome
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Partners
PREMUS 2016 is grateful for the support
of the following partners. Many will have
displays at the conference, located at the
back of Ballroom B in the Allstream Centre.
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Lead Partner
Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council
of Ontario
Platinum Partner
The Ministry of Labour’s mission is to advance safe, fair and
harmonious workplace practices that are essential to the
social and economic well-being of the people of Ontario.
Through the Ministry’s key areas of occupational health
and safety, employment rights and responsibilities, and
labour relations, the Ministry’s mandate is to set, communicate
and enforce workplace standards while encouraging
greater workplace self-reliance. The Ministry also develops,
coordinates and implements strategies to prevent workplace
injuries and illnesses and can set standards for health
and safety training.
The Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of
Ontario is an organization that represents 13 craft unions
in the construction sector, totalling 150,000 workers
throughout the province. Its mission is to give construction
workers a collective voice in the workplace, to help ensure
that workers are well-trained to meet industry needs,
and to promote healthy and safe work conditions with
decent wages, pensions and benefits. Part of its success
stems from the effective partnerships it has established
with its signatory contractors and owner-clients who work
with the Council’s affiliates to achieve public and private
infrastructure needs in seven bargaining sectors: industrial,
commercial, and institutional (ICI); electrical power systems
(EPSCA); residential; heavy engineering; roads; sewers and
water mains; and pipelines. The Council also works with
provincial government ministries and agencies to ensure
that the construction industry is well-regulated, competitive,
well-resourced and safe.