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Port of Vancouver truckers warn of strike over changes to upcoming ban on older rigs

Port of Vancouver truckers warn of strike over changes to upcoming ban on older rigs
VANCOUVER - The United Truckers Association says its members have voted unanimously in favour of job action at the Port of Vancouver to protest a program that would force the phaseout of older trucks. A statement from the association says its 639 members...
Economic , Labour

Alberta proclaims Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act
EDMONTON – The Alberta Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act has been...
Government , Labour

Work ethic, knowledge and experience, not gender, measures true value: Moghani
Promoted to project manager by EllisDon in 2021, Pegah Moghani has always been i...
Labour

Mitchell’s ‘dynamic capacity’ to drive change honoured by OAA
Named in honour of its 2005 president, the Ontario Association of Architects’ G....
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Port of Vancouver truckers warn of strike over changes to upcoming ban on older rigs
VANCOUVER - The United Truckers Association says its members have voted unanimou...
Economic , Labour

Alberta proclaims Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act
EDMONTON – The Alberta Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act has been...
Government , Labour

Work ethic, knowledge and experience, not gender, measures true value: Moghani
Promoted to project manager by EllisDon in 2021, Pegah Moghani has always been i...
Labour

Mitchell’s ‘dynamic capacity’ to drive change honoured by OAA
Named in honour of its 2005 president, the Ontario Association of Architects’ G....
Labour

Chard welds together successful 20-year pipe welding career
When Courtney Chard entered the pipe welding trade, it is unlikely that anyone e...
Labour

BCCA’s Builders Code helps build positive worksite cultures
A growing number of B.C. construction employers are adopting the Builders Code a...
Labour

Authenticity a key tool for Primeau in her career pursuit
Tracy Primeau had originally planned on being a history teacher. But after gradu...
Labour

Acres Enterprises safety advisor Olsen wins BCCA leadership award
Tammy Olsen, health, safety and environment (HSE) advisor at Acres Enterprises L...
Labour

Ferenc blazes a trail of skilled trades ‘firsts’
Nominated for a 2022 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, and the recipi...
Labour

Green converts millwright experience into skilled trades advocacy role
Jennifer Green’s career journey to become an industrial mechanic millwright took...
Labour

UPDATE: Agreement reached to end concrete strike in B.C.
The five-week-old strike by Rempel Bros. Concrete truck drivers is over. A tent...
Labour

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Labour shortage and the energy services sector
Canada’s energy service sector is bouncing back and now more than ever is the ti...
Labour , Resource

Canadian job vacancies hit quarterly record high in Q1
OTTAWA—Job vacancies reached a record quarterly high of nearly one million in th...
Economic , Labour

BCCA launches new mentorship program
VICTORIA – The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) has launched the...
Associations , Government , Labour

Concrete crisis: Shortages cracking up B.C. construction
Fires, strikes, shipping challenges and more. A series of issues in B.C. are cr...
Associations , Economic , Labour

DCN-JOC spotlight: Construction and National Indigenous Peoples Day
Taking place on the summer solstice (June 21), National Indigenous Peoples Day i...
Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource

CN, union at loggerheads on wages, conditions as strike enters third day
MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. says it has gone the extra mile to meet...
Economic , Labour

Your top JOC headlines: June 13 to 17
Your top JOC headlines this week feature coverage of a concrete worker strike th...
Economic , Government , Labour , OH&S , Projects , Technology

MCAC urges government to act as labour, supply chains have ‘taken a beating’
The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada (MCAC) and the Canadian Institu...
Associations , Government , Labour

Orion: Construction challenges piling up, putting projects at risk in B.C.
COVID-19, labour shortages, massive price fluctuations. For B.C. builders it see...
Economic , Labour , Projects

Greater Vancouver feeling significant impacts of concrete worker strike
Approximately 35 per cent of Greater Vancouver’s concrete supply is out of commi...
Labour

Dual credit funding assists aspiring trades students in Alberta
CALGARY, ALTA. — Alberta is investing $4 million to give students more opportuni...
Government , Labour

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Veterans — The fast-track solution to our labour shortage gap
As a skilled trades professional and advocate for the industry, promoting trades...
Labour

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Does the ‘Nudge Theory’ apply to trades and apprenticeship?
Recently I reacquainted myself with the research report It Pays to Hire an Appre...
Labour

B.C. construction groups sign letter opposing union certification changes
A group of 23 B.C. business organizations, including many associated with the co...
Associations , Labour

VIDEO: Canada’s impending labour crunch
Canada’s construction industry is currently seeing solid growth, with BuildForce...
Economic , Government , Labour

A Day of Mourning social media snapshot
OTTAWA – Each and every year on April 28 organizations across the country pay tr...
Associations , Government , Labour , OH&S

B.C. looks to regulate young workers in construction
B.C.’s Ministry of Labour is looking at changing regulations to protect more you...
Government , Labour

Mining audit aims to boost worker safety
VICTORIA—B.C. officials have released a new report detailing the results of an a...
Labour , OH&S

Liberals’ budget signals shift to soon let labour groups launch trade challenges
OTTAWA - One of the country's largest unions says a small change promised in the...
Government , Labour

BCCA ‘appalled’ with union certification changes
B.C. is looking to amend its union certification system from a two-step to singl...
Associations , Government , Labour

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: NDP launches assault on workers’ democratic rights
It’s hard to imagine that in 2022 in British Columbia, we are facing the prospec...
Associations , Labour
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – May 2022
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Authenticity a key tool for Primeau in her career pursuit
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UPDATE: Agreement reached to end concrete strike in B.C.
The five-week-old strike by Rempel Bros. Concrete truck drivers is over. A tent...
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Work ethic, knowledge and experience, not gender, measures true value: Moghani
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Wide-ranging factors account for Alberta’s concrete challenges
A multiplicity of factors are affecting Alberta’s concrete industry. While Cana...
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Similar to U.S., Steep Ascents Seen in Canadian Construction Material Costs
The following is a companion piece to an earlier article on construction materia...
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Mass timber can perform well under fire, large-scale tests confirm
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Residential Construction Costs will pull back More Quickly than Non-Res Costs
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