International Vice President of IBEW Canada, Russ Shewchuk, attended the First Ministers’ Reception in Saskatoon on Sunday, June 1. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe invited Shewchuk to represent the IBEW as a key voice in Canada’s energy and skilled trades sectors. The event brought together provincial leaders and newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney. Premier Moe…
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IBEW Finds Common Ground With Saskatchewan Leaders to Upgrade Training
The IBEW’s work to enhance electrical training programs across Canada reached a milestone last fall, when it signed a letter of intent with the Saskatchewan government to partner in upgrading the province’s apprenticeships in electrical, powerline and nuclear. The IBEW has a similar agreement with the provincial government in Ontario, in which the Progressive Conservatives…
MoreIVP Shewchuk Statement on Federal Election Results
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Canada is the largest electrical industry stakeholder in Canada, representing nearly 70,000 skilled tradespeople across the electrical industry and various related sectors, all vital to building and maintaining Canada’s infrastructure and powering its economy. The past month has been a whirlwind of debate, discussion, and decision-making as Canadians…
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Statement from IBEW Canada The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Canada represents nearly 70,000 skilled tradespeople across the electrical industry and various related sectors who are vital to building and maintaining Canada’s infrastructure and powering its economy. As the number one electrical industry stakeholder in Canada, during this federal election cycle we continue to…
MoreIBEW Local 213 Responds Quickly to End Unfair Lockout of Unionized Rogers Employees
Rogers Communications has ended its nine-day lockout of 26 Kootenay technicians after swift action by IBEW Local 213. The technicians voted to unionize last year, and bargaining began in June 2024. Rogers proposed a one-year agreement backdated 10 months that would cut wages by up to 24%, reduce benefits, slash vacation time, and eliminate RRSP…
MoreAlberta Local Helps Defeat Foreign Worker Plan
The importance of political relationships was evident in Alberta in December, when Edmonton Local 424 officials helped persuade the provincial government to squash a plan to import construction workers from the United Arab Emirates. “Employers have used programs like these to drive down wages and working conditions in construction,” said Assistant Business Manager Scott Crichton,…
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