CISC ADVOCACY SNAPSHOT The CISC is the voice of the Canadian steel construction industry! We are proud to be the premier organization in creating solutions for the critical issues that challenge the steel construction industry every day. #WeAreSteel U.S. Section 232 Tariffs Lifted Against Canada, U.S. Anti-Dumping Action Continues U.S. Section 232 tariffs against Canada […]
Thousands of Students Discover Construction Trades at Future Building 2019 Between May 14 and 16, thousands of students from across Eastern Ontario descended on Ottawa for Future Building 2019. From concrete finishing to virtual reality welding to bricklaying to walking a giant iron beam, Future Building provided youth in grades 7-12 a peek into real-life scenarios and […]
The SK Portal – Employment Templates at your Fingertips! Useful, up-to-date employment law templates when you need them! The SK Portal provides subscribers with immediate and direct access to user-friendly precedents and tools designed to assist your organization. What’s Included? Current content: Employment Agreements: Start each employment relationship on the right foot with an employment agreement that […]
Are you ready for the WSIB’s new premium rate model? Beginning on January 1, 2020, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) will introduce a new way of setting premium rates for almost 300,000 businesses across Ontario. The WSIB’s new model will make it easier to understand how your business and other businesses are classified. […]
Ontario’s first tall wood, low-carbon institutional building to be erected in Toronto receives federal funds By Kristen Frisa Ontario Construction News staff writer George Brown’s Waterfront Campus is about to get greener, at least in the environmental sense, as Canada expands its Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) program to build a 10-storey wood building there. […]
12,000 plumbers and pipefitters join sheet-metal workers in province-wide strike Ontario Construction News staff writer Almost a month after Ontario’s unionized sheet metal construction workers walked off the job in a dispute relating to hours of work and union hiring hall powers, about 12,000 plumbers and pipefitters laid down their tools and took up picket […]
June 12, 2019 The OCS is committed to providing information to our labour and management stakeholders to ensure all parties are aware of current bargaining progress and settlements as they occur. This is the 6th edition of our ICI Collective Bargaining Bulletin based on information received by the OCS as of the end of day June 11, 2019. Currently, 16 agreements have […]
Project Highlights Industrial Info Dodge Pipeline Spotlight on Safety, Training and Leadership News and Resources For Contractors News and Resources For Ironworkers IMPACT and Iron Workers In The News Upcoming Events Industrial Info IMPACT provides Industrial Information Resources’ (IIR) PEC reports to partner Local Unions and District Councils. PEC reports identify specific project related data. […]
Good afternoon, Please find attached the May 2019 issue of COCA’s Government Relations Report. May 2019 GR Report In this issue: COCA Scores Another Win; Bill 108 Addresses Executive Officers in Construction WSIB Review Underway The make-up of Legislature About to Change Premier’s Poll Numbers Collapsing Thank you, Martin Benson Operations Manager
The OCS is committed to providing information to our labour and management stakeholders to ensure all parties are aware of current bargaining progress and settlements as they occur. This is the 4th edition of our ICI Collective Bargaining Bulletin based on information received by the OCS as of end of day May 29, 2019. […]