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.
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Check out the great op-ed in the Edmonton Journal from Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters & Allied Workers' Executive Secretary Treasurer, Derrick Schulte.
"There is a growing number of construction contractors that are cheating their workers and stealing jobs away from honest contractors. But they don’t stop there. They are also taking taxpayers to the cleaners. That affects all of us and our communities, and it isn’t fair."
Opinion: Time to strengthen employment laws in construction
edmontonjournal.com
Do you wish your city or town had more money for important services? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could find more revenue to pay to fix potholes, retrofit…Catch this important article in the Edmonton Journal yesterday?
BTA affiliate Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters & Allied Workers Executive Secretary Derrick Schulte said the industry is hiring more and more workers as subcontractors rather than employees in order to drive costs down and outbid competitors on big projects, including for repair work on some bridges and roads in Edmonton like Anthony Henday Drive.
“There’s a number of contractors doing repair work on the bridges, and they are using similar formulas … to hire people who are listed as subcontractors rather than employees,” Schulte said.
Social procurement would help push back on this and is a big reason why BTA continues to advocate hard for social procurement with all levels of government.
Learn more about the Alberta Carpenters' Construction Industry Tax Fraud Days of Action, April 14-17, here: albertacarpenters.com/taxfraud
Alberta carpenters' union says construction industry costing province billions by avoiding taxes
edmontonjournal.com
Construction companies are robbing the province of billions of dollars in revenue by shifting the tax burden to unsuspecting workers, says an Alberta…our badges on industrial sites have labelled us subcontractors for years?
BTA to meet with Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides on Bill 67
BTA plans to discuss the ability for unions to indenture apprentices, apprenticeship agencies, union sponsors to apprenticeship contracts, union participation in the bill’s regulations and more.
Please see below member update for more information.
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Way to go, Joe! 🥊Terry O’Sullivan, General President of #LIUNA congratulates our very own, Laborers Local 66 - Long Island member Joe Smith Jr. on becoming the WBO light heavyweight champion of the world. #FeelThePower
CLICK TO READ STATEMENT: www.liuna.org/news/story/laborer-joe-smith-jr-world-boxing-champion
Today is #Budget2021 Day - #BuildingTrades hope to see investments in #infrastructure to support skilled trades workers.
OpEd fr. @AltaCarpenters in @edmontonjournal - "There's a growing number of construction contractors that are cheating workers & stealing jobs fr. honest contractors. But they don’t stop there. They're taking taxpayers to the cleaners." #abtrades #ableg
Opinion: Time to strengthen employment laws in construction
Do you wish your city or town had more money for important services? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could find ...
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Member update: BTA to meet with Advanced Education Minister @demetriosnAB on Bill 67, the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act, next week - more info below - https://bit.ly/32fX8pm #ableg #abtrades #ablabour
Congrats to recent Trade Winds to Success Millwright/Industrial Mechanic grads! These guys are off to work soon thanks to BTA affiliate Millwrights 1460 - BTA is proud to work with TWTS to help skill up the next gen of Indigenous skilled trades pros! #ableg #abtrades #ablabour
Tonight! @LIUNA Local 66 member, Joe Smith Jr. fights for the light heavyweight title in Tulsa 🥊
Let’s go, Joe!
Don't be fooled by his name: Joe Smith Jr. isn't an ordinary boxer - ESPN Video
Despite his ordinary name, Mark Kriegel details how light heavyweight Joe Smith Jr.'s extraordinary career exceeds his name.
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Trained union. Trained right. ⚡️@IBEWCanada 424 ⚡️
#skillup #abtrades #ablabour #ableg
Our new Electrical trades careers is in full swing with 12 students being taught by IBEW Local 424. Students are getting hands on experience and exposure to this exciting trade.
"The project's positive impacts to the province, the community and thousands of skilled-tradespersons is exactly what's needed to aid AB's economic recovery, and we're pleased to be a part of it." #abtrades #ableg #ablabour
Inter Pipeline Awarded $408 Million Grant Under Alberta's Petrochemicals Incentive Program
/CNW/ - Inter Pipeline Ltd. ("Inter Pipeline") (TSX: IPL) announced today that it will receive $408 million under ...
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Wishing a happy and safe Easter Sunday to all those celebrating it today 🐰
DYK BTA affiliate @teamsters362 plays a big role in Alberta’s thriving film and television industry? From Hollywood hits to indie favs, if it was shot in Alberta, Teamsters 362 film and tv division members helped make it happen 🎥 📺 🤩 @jannarden @KeepABRolling #ableg #abtrades
BTA to meet with Advanced Education Minister on Bill 67, the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act
Yesterday, Bill 67, the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act, was tabled in the Alberta legislature by Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides, which upon approval, will replace the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act. On April 20, Building Trades of Alberta [...]
Rapid antigen screening at Suncor key operating sites
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Building Trades of Alberta has worked closely with government, contractors and the owner community in several industries we operate in to help mitigate risk to members working across the province. Rightfully, building [...]
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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.
