Local 793 Members Working Together for Hydro One Project in Sarsfield

Jason Giroux, Local 793 member, working for Dundas Power Lines

James Salisbury, who works for DMP Vac Inc., and Jason Giroux, a Dundas Power Lines employee, are both Local 793 members collaborating at the Hydro One site in Sarsfield, Ontario.    

James Salisbury, who works for DMP Vac Inc., and Jason Giroux, a Dundas Power Lines employee, are both Local 793 members collaborating at the Hydro One site in Sarsfield, Ontario.

Local 793 member James Salisbury works for DMP Vac Inc.
Local 793 member James Salisbury works for DMP Vac Inc.

 

Jason Giroux, Local 793 member, working for Dundas Power Lines
Jason Giroux, Local 793 member, working for Dundas Power Lines

 

Financial Assistance Available to Students

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Make sure your sons, daughters and/or grandchildren do not miss out on this great opportunity to support their education. For more information and applications on each scholarship and bursary, visit www.iuoelocal793.org/why-join/awards. Scholarships and Bursaries include: Canadian Conference Bursary Jack Redshaw Scholarship Ray Goodfellow Scholarship Fund GPMC: NMC Educational Burasry Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada

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Make sure your sons, daughters and/or grandchildren do not miss out on this great opportunity to support their education. For more information and applications on each scholarship and bursary, visit www.iuoelocal793.org/why-join/awards.

Scholarships and Bursaries include:

  • Canadian Conference Bursary
  • Jack Redshaw Scholarship
  • Ray Goodfellow Scholarship Fund
  • GPMC: NMC Educational Burasry
  • Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada

Members Busy Working on Long-Term Care Home in Brockville

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Tomlinson employee and Local 793 member Colin Warwick works at the Sherwood Park Manor expansion project site in Brockville along Highway 2. The modernization of Sherwood Park Manor is expected to deliver 21 new and 75 upgraded long-term care beds, increasing its capacity to a 128-bed home care facility, including new amenities. Upon completion in the fall of 2025, an additional four-storey will be added to the current senior care home.  

Tomlinson employee and Local 793 member Colin Warwick works at the Sherwood Park Manor expansion project site in Brockville along Highway 2. The modernization of Sherwood Park Manor is expected to deliver 21 new and 75 upgraded long-term care beds, increasing its capacity to a 128-bed home care facility, including new amenities. Upon completion in the fall of 2025, an additional four-storey will be added to the current senior care home.

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Local 793 member Colin Warwick at Sherwood Park Manor project.

 

Happy Mother’s Day Weekend From Local 793

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A mother is your first friend, your best friend, and your forever friend. Let’s celebrate the incredible women who raised us, nurtured us, challenged us, and helped us become the person we are today. To all the moms, step-moms, adoptive moms, and foster moms who inspire us with their strength, wisdom and love, Happy Mother’s Day from IUOE Local 793.  

A mother is your first friend, your best friend, and your forever friend. Let’s celebrate the incredible women who raised us, nurtured us, challenged us, and helped us become the person we are today.

To all the moms, step-moms, adoptive moms, and foster moms who inspire us with their strength, wisdom and love, Happy Mother’s Day from IUOE Local 793.

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OETIO Apprentices Awarded for Skills Ontario Competition

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Congratulations to our OETIO apprentices for placing in this year’s 2024 Skills Ontario Competition for mobile crane operation! The 1st place medal was awarded to David Mullett, while the 2nd and 3rd place were given to Mark Davidson and James Grieves, respectively. Their outstanding display of skills and knowledge at the competition has put them at the top. The other OETIO mobile crane level 4 apprentices who participated were Dylan Jones, Brian Corkery, John Gawron, Dean Hardiment and Robert Spencer.    

Congratulations to our OETIO apprentices for placing in this year’s 2024 Skills Ontario Competition for mobile crane operation! The 1st place medal was awarded to David Mullett, while the 2nd and 3rd place were given to Mark Davidson and James Grieves, respectively. Their outstanding display of skills and knowledge at the competition has put them at the top.

The other OETIO mobile crane level 4 apprentices who participated were Dylan Jones, Brian Corkery, John Gawron, Dean Hardiment and Robert Spencer.

L to R: Director of Training and Apprenticeship Jeff Hewitt, David Mullett, Mark Davidson, James Grieves and Training Supervisor JP Gregorio.
L to R: Director of Training and Apprenticeship Jeff Hewitt, David Mullett, James Grieves, Mark Davidson and Training Supervisor JP Gregorio.

 

L to R: Training Supervisor JP Gregorio, OETIO Instructor Ken Barnes, John Gawron, Dylan Jones, Dean Hardiment, Robert Spencer, David Mullett, Brian Corkery, James Grieves, Mark Davidson, OETIO Instructor Sterling Holditch, and Director of Training and Apprenticeship Jeff Hewitt.
L to R: Training Supervisor JP Gregorio, OETIO Instructor Ken Barnes, John Gawron, Dylan Jones, Dean Hardiment, Robert Spencer, David Mullett, Brian Corkery, James Grieves, Mark Davidson, OETIO Instructor Sterling Holditch, and Director of Training and Apprenticeship Jeff Hewitt.

 

Apprentices Put to the Test at 2024 Skills Ontario Competition

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Eight OETIO apprentices demonstrated their skills and knowledge at the 2024 Skills Ontario Competition at the Toronto Congress Centre. The apprentices underwent evaluation on several practical exercises such as pre-operational inspection, control operation, post-operation procedures, and efficiency. They also had to complete a written test. This year’s competing Mobile Crane Level 4 apprentices are Brian Corkery, Mark Davidson, John Gawron, James Grieves, Dean Hardiment, Dylan Jones, David Mullett and Robert Spencer. The judges were Local 793 retirees Vince Prout and Dan Davey. Also in attendance [second photo, L to R] […]

Eight OETIO apprentices demonstrated their skills and knowledge at the 2024 Skills Ontario Competition at the Toronto Congress Centre. The apprentices underwent evaluation on several practical exercises such as pre-operational inspection, control operation, post-operation procedures, and efficiency. They also had to complete a written test.

This year’s competing Mobile Crane Level 4 apprentices are Brian Corkery, Mark Davidson, John Gawron, James Grieves, Dean Hardiment, Dylan Jones, David Mullett and Robert Spencer. The judges were Local 793 retirees Vince Prout and Dan Davey.

Also in attendance [second photo, L to R] were Organizer Justin McConnell, Business Rep Dave DeLuca, Senior IT Specialist Lee Charlebois, Director of Marketing and Indigenous Affairs Carla St. Louis, Toronto Area Supervisor Justin O’Neill, OETIO Director of Training and Apprenticeship Jeff Hewitt, OETIO Training Supervisor JP Gregorio, Organizer Connor Paquette, and Indigenous Relations Coordinator Jim Jacobs.

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2024 Skills Ontario Competition

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Judges are Local 793 retirees Vince Prout and Dan Davey

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Members Work on Dam Rehabilitation Project Near Timmins

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Local 793 member Rick Le Clair operates a tower crane for Stuart Olson Industrial Constructors Ltd. at the Frederick House Lake Dam project for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in the Timmins area. The rehabilitation work is designed to extend the operating life of the dam by 50 years, while also improving safety for workers and the public. The project is about 10 per cent complete with upstream and downstream cofferdam construction underway.  

Local 793 member Rick Le Clair operates a tower crane for Stuart Olson Industrial Constructors Ltd. at the Frederick House Lake Dam project for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in the Timmins area. The rehabilitation work is designed to extend the operating life of the dam by 50 years, while also improving safety for workers and the public. The project is about 10 per cent complete with upstream and downstream cofferdam construction underway.

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Local 793 member Rick Le Clair operating a tower crane for Stuart Olson at the Frederick House Dam project near Timmins.

 

Mental Health Week: Highlighting The Power of Compassion

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Mental Health Week is an annual event that takes place in May to encourage people from all walks of life to learn, talk, reflect and engage with others on all issues relating to mental health. The theme this year is “Healing with Compassion.” Compassion isn’t just about being kind to others, it’s about extending that same kindness to ourselves. By treating ourselves with the same kindness and understanding that we offer to others, we open the door to healing, growth, and deeper connections with the world around us. As a […]

Mental Health Week is an annual event that takes place in May to encourage people from all walks of life to learn, talk, reflect and engage with others on all issues relating to mental health.

The theme this year is “Healing with Compassion.” Compassion isn’t just about being kind to others, it’s about extending that same kindness to ourselves. By treating ourselves with the same kindness and understanding that we offer to others, we open the door to healing, growth, and deeper connections with the world around us.

As a Local 793 member, your Life and Health Benefits Plan covers you and your families with psychological assessments and other services like behavioural therapy and immediate assistance. Don’t be afraid to take advantage of all the services available to members and their loved ones through Members Health, where you can speak confidentially with a doctor at any time. The Operating Engineers Benefits Administration Corporation (OEBAC) is here to guide your mental health journey.

For a full list of covered mental health services, log in to the Union website and download a copy of your benefits booklet.

Click here: https://iuoelocal793.org/members/

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Ford Spotlights Highway 413 as Top Priority

The Ontario government is emphatically signalling that the province’s next major roadway, the six-lane, 52-kilometre Highway 413 northwest of Toronto, is right near the top of its list of project priorities. On April 30, the Doug Ford-led government gathered construction stakeholders at a site in Caledon to discuss next steps leading to early works on the billion-dollar project as early as next year. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher was on hand for the Caledon presentation. “I care about the environment,” he said in an […]

The Ontario government is emphatically signalling that the province’s next major roadway, the six-lane, 52-kilometre Highway 413 northwest of Toronto, is right near the top of its list of project priorities.

On April 30, the Doug Ford-led government gathered construction stakeholders at a site in Caledon to discuss next steps leading to early works on the billion-dollar project as early as next year.

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher was on hand for the Caledon presentation.

“I care about the environment,” he said in an interview. “I live in the same world as everybody else…but we’ve been building for a long time and we are very, very careful and our contractors are very careful to ensure that we don’t disturb the natural world any more than we have to. Then we put things back.”

“Having said that, I do believe it’s very important for the economy of the province of Ontario. As a society, if we want to be successful, we have to have the infrastructure to support that.”

CLICK HERE to read the full article on the Daily Commercial News.

Road Widening and Reconstruction Keeping Members Busy in Pickering

Local 793 member Dave Wolochatiuk in a Cat 5110BL

Local 793 member Dave Wolochatiuk operates a Cat 5110BL excavator on a Drain Star site for road reconstruction and widening in Pickering. Brother Wolochatiuk is installing box culverts for stormwater at the site along Concession Road 3 and Valley Farm Road. This project is estimated to be completed by the summer of 2025.  

Local 793 member Dave Wolochatiuk operates a Cat 5110BL excavator on a Drain Star site for road reconstruction and widening in Pickering. Brother Wolochatiuk is installing box culverts for stormwater at the site along Concession Road 3 and Valley Farm Road. This project is estimated to be completed by the summer of 2025.

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Local 793 member Dave Wolochatiuk operating Cat 5110BL in Pickering.