by Doug Cook | Jun 15, 2022
June 15, 2022 GREG MCDONALD IS a retired sheet metal worker. Sydney Dash is a 26-year-old heavy equipment operator. They are at opposite ends of their careers. McDonald spent over 40 years in his trade. Dash earned her ticket four years ago. Although they are at...
by Doug Cook | Jun 11, 2022
June 11, 2022 WE ARE THE BC BUILDING TRADES: 25 affiliated unions representing more than 40,000 unionized construction workers in B.C. Most of our craft unions were formed many years ago, several with over 100 years of service to their respective memberships. Like...
by Doug Cook | Jun 9, 2022
TradeTalk Summer 2022
by Doug Cook | May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022 DURING KELLY KIENLEITNER’S FIRST WEEK on the job as a winder, a six-foot-six man stomped up to her and in a great, booming voice bellowed, “This is men’s work!” Kienleitner was the first female winder to be certified in B.C. and the first woman in Canada...
by Doug Cook | May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022 A PIPEFITTER, AN ELECTRICIAN AND A BOILERMAKER are called out to work on different job sites in and around the Lower Mainland. The pipefitter is working four 10-hour shifts, the electrician is called for a night shift, and the boilermaker took a two-week...
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