The Skilled Trades Advantage
The BTA coordinates and promotes the interests of 18 Alberta local skilled trades unions, whose more than 60,000 members work in the residential, commercial and industrial construction, maintenance, and fabrication industries.
The BTA:
- promotes a safe industry
- works to influence legislation, regulation, and government sentiment toward organized labour,
- creates and participates in alliances and partnerships with owners and contractors,
- participates in boards, associations, committees and other industry groups,
- develops programs that support under-represented groups in the trades, and
- develops programs that highlight the value of unionized labour in order to help create more work opportunities for our members.
BTA Social Media
The work many Building Trades of Alberta members do is about to get famous. You've always been stars to us 😎
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An original TV series being developed for Netflix could see the rural town of Sundre, Alta., transformed into the fictional town of Hardwell.This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
Check it out - Proposals are currently being accepted for $40-million over three years in additional funding for the federal government's Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP)
Please see below for more info ⬇️
Union Training and Innovation Program – Call for Proposals
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The Federal Government has announced they are investing $40 million over three years in the Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP) and have launched two calls for proposals opening July 3,2020.....Alberta Health Services just announced a full facility outbreak of COVID-19 at Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton. Please see below and stay safe.
If it happens within the healthcare system, then we really need to ask ourselves how the untrained can safeguard themselves. The nurses and doctors are professionals that are experts in utilizing PPE.
Building Trades of Alberta responds to introduction of Bill 32's Division 7.1, Project Agreements.
This is reaction to Division 7.1 only, which mentions BTA by name and which we needed to address first. It's not reaction to the entire Bill.
My thoughts are that the PC government and Contractors know full well that in Alberta any threat from Non Union the Internationals will step in to secure the work, IPL out in Ft Sask is a typical example , Organizing in Alberta has gone the way of the Dinosaur, Internationals want their Dues and there is sweet dick all the Trade Unions can do about it !!!?
What about the rest of it? You know like the right to work part?
How does it benefit us?
Yeah, cool story and all. What about ALL THE REST OF IT???? OMFG.
Yep #ableg #abtrades #ablabour
The work many Building Trades of Alberta members do is about to get famous. You've always been stars to us 😎 #ableg #abtrades #ablabour
Hundreds turn out for casting call in Sundre for pilot episode of Netflix series Pipe Nation | CBC News
An original TV series being developed for Netflix could see the rural town of Sundre, Alta., transformed into the fictional town of Hardwell.
www.cbc.ca
Check it out - Proposals are currently being accepted for $40-million over three years in additional funding for the federal government's Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP) #abtrades #ablabour
Union Training and Innovation Program – Call for Proposals
The Federal Government has announced they are investing $40 million over three years in the Union Training and Innovation Program (UTIP) and have laun...
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Alberta Health Services just announced a full facility outbreak of COVID-19 at Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton. Please see below and stay safe #abhealth #abtrades #ablabour #ableg
BTA responds to introduction of Bill 32's Division 7.1, Project Agreements #ableg #abtrades #ablabour
Keystone XL - “We strongly value the ongoing collaboration and support from First Nations, building trades unions, landowners, and our contractors and suppliers over the last dozen years.” Keystone XL President Richard Prior #ableg #abtrades
'We are here': Premier marks start of construction for Alberta leg of Keystone XL - 660 NEWS
Premier Jason Kenney was in Oyen Friday to help mark the start of construction for the Alberta section of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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ICYMI: Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected a new appeal from B.C. First Nations over the Trans Mountain pipeline. The decision appears to signal the end of legal arguments aimed at stopping the pipeline's construction #ableg #abtrades #ablabour
Both Kenney and Notley praise top court's decision not to hear TMX appeal
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada not to hear a new appeal from British Columbia First Nations over the Tr...
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BTA was honoured to take Grand Chief of Treaty 6 & Chief of @EnochCreeNation Billy Morin, Nation Councillors & business leaders from Enoch for social distance tours of @ualocal488 @AltaCarpenters & TradeWinds to Success training centres #skillup #btapathforward #abtrades #ableg
From all of us at the Building Trades of Alberta, we hope you have a safe and happy #CanadaDay 🇨🇦💥🎈
@calver_rob @FNPower we believe in th great work of @BuildingTradeAB @EthanBear074 @BillyMorin helping our future leaders and other inspiring women in the trades. @SaskPower has a role to play also.
Media release: BTA responds to introduction of Bill 32
EDMONTON – Division 7.1 within Bill 32, Balancing Alberta’s Workplaces Act, tabled today in the Alberta legislature would, upon approval, allow greater competition in the way project collective agreements in the province are negotiated, says the Building Trades of Alberta [...]
MEDIA RELEASE: BTA launches “Path Forward” campaign with Oilers’ Ethan Bear
EDMONTON, AB - With National Indigenous Peoples' Day approaching June 21, the Building Trades of Alberta is launching phase one of its Path Forward campaign, which aims to instill hope and a sense of belonging among Alberta's Indigenous youth through [...]
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Get to Know the BTA
The Building Trades of Alberta is about PEOPLE, PARTNERSHIPS and COMMUNITY. We coordinate and promote the interests of 18 Alberta local trade unions whose 60,000 members work in the residential, commercial and industrial construction, maintenance and fabrication industries. We meet the challenges of an ever-changing industry in an energy conscious world.
- We work on industrial, commercial, and institutional construction projects – as well as on maintenance projects – throughout Alberta.
- We partner with contractors and employers to deliver projects on budget and on schedule.
- We provide the most reliable, productive, and safest building trades workforce available.
- We believe in investing in our people. We are the largest supporters of apprenticeship and training for building trades workers in the private sector. Our union training facilities and programs set the standard in the construction industry.
- We believe in investing in Alberta and in our communities. Through the Building Trades of Alberta Charitable Foundation, our members have donated over $7.6 million to worthwhile charities throughout Alberta.
Who are the Building Trades of Alberta members? We are your friends, your neighbours, and the volunteers that make our Alberta communities better places to live.
