Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Province, Manitoba Building Trades sign jobs agreement
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced that the government has signed its first Manitoba jobs agreement (MJA) with Manitoba Building Trades to create good jobs in…
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Ontario reaches tentative agreement with professional engineers union
Minister Caroline Mulroney, President of the Treasury Board, issued the following statement regarding a four-year tentative agreement reached with the Professional Engineers Government of Ontario…
PEGO strike action continues with engineers withdrawing services
For the first time in its 35-year history, legal strike action has been initiated by Professional Engineers Government of Ontario (PEGO), the union representing the province…
39 B.C. construction workers mourned at Bentall IV Memorial
BC Building Trades continues to call for better safety after latest workplace death toll from WorkSafeBC after another deadly year for construction workers in British…
Partnership unites construction trade unions to protect workers’ rights
The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 793, and the Carpenters’ Regional Council have signed a partnership agreement. This collaboration represents a united front in…
Ontario government engineers to withdraw services from infrastructure projects
Frustrated by lack of progress at the bargaining table, a group of professional engineers may soon withdraw services from key infrastructure projects such as Highway…
Ontario invests $26M to build new skilled trades training centre in Vaughan
The Government of Ontario announced an investment over $26 million to build a new training centre at LiUNA 183’s skilled trades training campus in Vaughan.…
Hospital construction deal shuts out thousands of workers: CCA
According to the Canadian Construction Association (CCA), the necessary investment of $2.8 billion to build a new Civic Campus for the Ottawa Hospital will likely…
Ontario to build, upgrade training facilities to help tackle the labour shortage
The Ontario government announced it is investing $224 million to build and upgrade training centres. The province also plans to invest $75 million more over…
Ottawa Hospital and building trades unions sign historic partnership agreement
In another major milestone in its plans to build a state-of-the-art new hospital, The Ottawa Hospital announced a historic agreement with local building and construction…
Canada’s Building Trades Unions to increase opportunities in the skilled trades
Canada’s Building Trades Unions announced the launch of In The Trades, a federally-funded program that will help apprentices get started in the skilled trades. Over…
Engineers’ strike putting Quebec’s road maintenance industry in a state of crisis
Bitume Quebec is warning of “mass layoffs” by dozens of asphalt companies if an ongoing labor dispute between Quebec’s 1,800 government engineers and the provincial…
Role of unions in trades training increasing: OCS
A new report from the Ontario Construction Secretariat highlights the growing role of unions and their contractor partners in delivering skills upgrade, apprenticeship and health…