Business Manager Mike Gallagher provides a video update for Local 793 members as the country heads into the Victoria Day long weekend.
It has been an incredibly productive spring for the Union, capped by the return visit of Prime Minister Mark Carney to Oakville at the end of April. He used the occasion to announce his Team Canada Strong measure, a $6 billion effort aimed at recruiting, training and hiring up to 100,000 Red Seal tradespeople in the next five years. You can read all about the PM’s visit and the details of the government’s investment here.
Brother Gallagher also delivers more good news for members, including:
- the new training centre in Oro-Medonte set to be completed later in the summer
- the purchase of the property next door to our HQ which will help us train more Operators
- the promise of good jobs in the North
- the Union’s expansion into the railroad sector – with 300 new members from A&B Rail coming over from LIUNA 183
- a big jurisdictional dispute win recorded against the Labourers at the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
- important information on the Pension and Benefits plans
If all that wasn’t enough, it looks like the sun might even be making a comeback!
We wish you and your families a happy Victoria Day long weekend!