AIL and TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, in conjunction with the IBEW First District, will be offering five (5) Scholarships in the amount of $1,000.00 each to all IBEW members and their families that are in studies pursuing a post-secondary diploma or degree. An application must be submitted into our office no later than February 12th, 2021 and must be accompanied…
MoreThanksgiving Message from 1st District International Vice President
Greetings: Thanksgiving Day in Canada has been a holiday on the second Monday of October since 1957. It is a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year. Of course with COVID-19, the way in which we celebrate holidays has changed; this country is starting to…
MoreOntario Local Begins Innovative Apprenticeship
For more than a century, the IBEW has been successful by adapting to changes in the electrical industry. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Local 402 Business Manager Glen Drewes is confident his local union has found an innovative way to build on that history. Earlier this year, Local 402 received rare permission from the Ontario provincial government…
MoreOrange Shirt Day 2020
Started in 2013, Orange Shirt Day helps increase awareness of the effects of residential schools on Indigenous communities in Canada. This day helps to continue the conversation and efforts around reconciliation. Those who have suffered tell their stories and continue to heal. For the rest of us it’s about supporting our Indigenous brothers and sisters…
MoreWebinar Wednesdays: Common Sense Economics
Join us for the next session in our webinar series and learn about the current state of the economy from a worker’s perspective and how to connect economic issues to the goals of the IBEW and the labour movement. Thank you to all who have attended our webinars and have provided feedback. We’re excited to…
MoreLabour Day Message from IVP Tom Reid
Sisters and Brothers: Labour Day in Canada has been celebrated since the 1880s, in the beginning it was a day for workers to lobby for better working conditions and pay. On July 23, 1894, Prime Minister John Thompson passed a law making Labour Day official in Canada and it has since evolved into a Statutory…
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