Month: August 2022

Maintaining the heavy equipment at Bruce Power’s construction garage, Brother Raymond Greig services a Generac Magnum 6kW mobile light tower in Tiverton, Ontario. Bruce Power is carrying out its intensive Major Component Replacement (MCR) Project that focuses on replacing key reactor components in Units 3-8, including steam generators, pressure tubes, calandria tubes and feeder tubes. […]

Maintaining the heavy equipment at Bruce Power’s construction garage, Brother Raymond Greig services a Generac Magnum 6kW mobile light tower in Tiverton, Ontario.

Bruce Power is carrying out its intensive Major Component Replacement (MCR) Project that focuses on replacing key reactor components in Units 3-8, including steam generators, pressure tubes, calandria tubes and feeder tubes.

The project aims to extend the operational life of the Bruce Power units to ensure Ontario families and businesses have long-term electricity price stability.
General contractor is E.S. Fox Limited.

Site work has begun at Windsor’s multi-billion dollar LG and Stellantis electric vehicle battery plant as Local 793 members re-route major drains. Brothers Mike Domingues and Jeremy Desjardins operate a CAT 336 excavator, while Ryan Beneteau operates a CAT rock truck. The proposed design of the plant is to occupy 4.5 million square feet of […]

Site work has begun at Windsor’s multi-billion dollar LG and Stellantis electric vehicle battery plant as Local 793 members re-route major drains.

Brothers Mike Domingues and Jeremy Desjardins operate a CAT 336 excavator, while Ryan Beneteau operates a CAT rock truck.

The proposed design of the plant is to occupy 4.5 million square feet of space. Production operations are planned to launch in 2024, while the facility aims to be fully operational by 2025.

Local 793 members work on reconstructing and widening McKay Road West and Veteran’s Drive in Barrie. Brother Trevor Squire operates a 110-ton Kobelco crawler crane, Jeremy Brittain operates a Terex RT 780 and Eoin Wall operates a CAT 328D hydraulic excavator. The project includes approximately 1,200 m of sanitary trunk sewer installation by micro-tunnelling methodology […]

Local 793 members work on reconstructing and widening McKay Road West and Veteran’s Drive in Barrie.

Brother Trevor Squire operates a 110-ton Kobelco crawler crane, Jeremy Brittain operates a Terex RT 780 and Eoin Wall operates a CAT 328D hydraulic excavator.

The project includes approximately 1,200 m of sanitary trunk sewer installation by micro-tunnelling methodology beneath McKay Road West. It also includes roadway improvements and the installation of a watermain and dual watermains/ sanitary forcemain on Veteran’s Drive to serve the community better.

General Contractor is Condrain Group.

Resorts World Las Vegas filed a complaint in April 2022 stating that the company committed numerous violations of federal labour law during its ongoing union-busting campaign, including: Unlawful worker interrogation Unlawful worker surveillance Unlawful worker threats Unlawful worker promises For over six months, Resorts World Las Vegas management has been running a union-busting campaign against […]

Resorts World Las Vegas filed a complaint in April 2022 stating that the company committed numerous violations of federal labour law during its ongoing union-busting campaign, including:

• Unlawful worker interrogation
• Unlawful worker surveillance
• Unlawful worker threats
• Unlawful worker promises

For over six months, Resorts World Las Vegas management has been running a union-busting campaign against over 100 facilities maintenance workers and slot machine technicians seeking to organize with Operating Engineers, Local 501.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is seeking an order requiring the company to recognize the workers’ union, Local 501, and bargain in good faith.

Support workers’ rights and tell Resorts World Las Vegas executives that you stand with the workers and their union! Take action today here https://tinyurl.com/2p9duj8m

Long-time and newer Local 793 members give a thumbs up on their road reconstruction work located at Wellington Street in Delaware. From left to right are Dan Jacques (35-year member), Rob York (new member), John Jeffery (7-year member) and Stephen Wilson (35-year member). The equipment pictured is a John Deere 624 loader and a CAT […]

Long-time and newer Local 793 members give a thumbs up on their road reconstruction work located at Wellington Street in Delaware.

From left to right are Dan Jacques (35-year member), Rob York (new member), John Jeffery (7-year member) and Stephen Wilson (35-year member). The equipment pictured is a John Deere 624 loader and a CAT D3 dozer.

The project will accommodate future growth and upgrade the road corridor to the Municipal Urban Design Standard. The awarded general contractor J-aar Excavating happens to be celebrating 40 years of serving southern Ontario this year! Congratulations to their team.

Brother James Tracy is filling up a 950 CAT Loader full of ballast rocks. The stones will feature in the construction of The Trillium Line railroad expansion in Ottawa. The Trillium Line project, between Bayview LRT station and Riverside South, with a spur to the Ottawa International Airport, had a completion date of August 2022 […]

Brother James Tracy is filling up a 950 CAT Loader full of ballast rocks. The stones will feature in the construction of The Trillium Line railroad expansion in Ottawa.

The Trillium Line project, between Bayview LRT station and Riverside South, with a spur to the Ottawa International Airport, had a completion date of August 2022 but has since been delayed. The project aims to be completed in late spring or early summer of 2023.

General contractor is SNC-Lavalin.

Local 793 members are getting down to business installing sewer infrastructure beneath the former Bayside Mall in downtown Sarina. This construction has kicked off a new residential retirement build since the mall’s demolition. From left to right, Brothers Donny Campbell, Mike Mitchell, and Les Brooks stand in front of a Kobelco SK210 LC excavator. General […]

Local 793 members are getting down to business installing sewer infrastructure beneath the former Bayside Mall in downtown Sarina.

This construction has kicked off a new residential retirement build since the mall’s demolition.

From left to right, Brothers Donny Campbell, Mike Mitchell, and Les Brooks stand in front of a Kobelco SK210 LC excavator.

General contractor is OSP Contractors.

Sewer and watermain reconstructions are underway on Ottawa Street in Kitchener. Brother Steve Badertscher operates a 550K Brandt crawler dozer to move work along. The work is needed to replace the 1950/ 1960s vintage infrastructure nearing the end of its life cycle. The general contractor is Steed & Evans Ltd.

Sewer and watermain reconstructions are underway on Ottawa Street in Kitchener. Brother Steve Badertscher operates a 550K Brandt crawler dozer to move work along.

The work is needed to replace the 1950/ 1960s vintage infrastructure nearing the end of its life cycle.

The general contractor is Steed & Evans Ltd.