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Workers, families, dignitaries gather virtually on 40th anniversary of Bentall IV construction tragedy
January 7, 2021 Vancouver, BC — Forty years ago, four men went to work building one of Downtown Vancouver’s most iconic highrises: the Bentall Centre Tower IV. Those men never came home. They were carpenters Gunther Couvreux, Brian Stevenson, Donald Davis and Yrjo...
WATT offers alternative pathway to electrical apprenticeship
December 29, 2020 DESPITE THE SHORTAGE OF workers, many of the most motivated candidates experience barriers to employment in the trades. In 2019, the Workplace Alternative Trades Training (WATT) program was created to reduce those barriers as a new pathway to...
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A Message from CBTU
February 2, 2021 THE CONSTRUCTION industry, early on, was deemed essential in most areas in Canada and contractors and tradespeople have adapted extremely well to ensure the health and safety of all workers while continuing to build and maintain vital infrastructure....
Stressed? It’s OK to seek help
January 11, 2021 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FREE TO MEMBERS If you work in construction, you may often feel like you are under a lot of pressure; it’s natural to feel stressed or anxious. But if you become overwhelmed by these feelings on a regular basis,...
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Fall 2020 Vol. 23 No. 3
In This Issue
- NDP Victory Signals a Better Future For All
- All Hands on Deck
- First Nations First Builders
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