Labour Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:01:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Labour Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 AI has a talent for skills training and knowledge transfer /dcn/news/labour/2024/07/ai-has-a-talent-for-skills-training-and-knowledge-transfer /dcn/news/labour/2024/07/ai-has-a-talent-for-skills-training-and-knowledge-transfer#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:42:30 +0000 /?p=368957 Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still in its technological infancy, like human children it has a voracious appetite and is growing so quickly its elders hardly recognize it from one day to the next. We can’t be sure what AI will look like when it’s all grown up, but one thing it already seems to […]

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]]> /dcn/news/labour/2024/07/ai-has-a-talent-for-skills-training-and-knowledge-transfer/feed 0 Progress made on H2H Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/progress-made-on-h2h-indigenous-veteran-outreach-project /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/progress-made-on-h2h-indigenous-veteran-outreach-project#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 08:47:53 +0000 /?p=368875 OTTAWA — The Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) Indigenous Veteran Outreach Project has achieved significant milestones by engaging with over 70 Indigenous organizations nationwide since its inception in June 2023. The initiative is aimed at fostering diversity in the skilled trades while advancing reconciliation by promoting careers in Canada’s 14 Building Trades Unions to Indigenous communities […]

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]]> /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/progress-made-on-h2h-indigenous-veteran-outreach-project/feed 0 BC Building Trades report warns of temporary foreign worker ‘addiction’ /joc/news/labour/2024/06/bc-building-trades-report-warns-of-temporary-foreign-worker-addiction /joc/news/labour/2024/06/bc-building-trades-report-warns-of-temporary-foreign-worker-addiction#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:22:11 +0000 /?p=368835 A new report from the BC Building Trades is casting doubt on current immigration practices as a solution to the ongoing labour shortage. HELP WANTED 2024: How Canada’s immigration system has failed to address the construction labour shortage in B.C.  was released on June 25 and calls for a rethink on the use of temporary […]

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]]> /joc/news/labour/2024/06/bc-building-trades-report-warns-of-temporary-foreign-worker-addiction/feed 0 H2H and Woodbine Entertainment team up for King’s Plate /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/h2h-and-woodbine-entertainment-team-up-for-kings-plate /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/h2h-and-woodbine-entertainment-team-up-for-kings-plate#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:00:12 +0000 /?p=368725 OTTAWA — Woodbine Entertainment and Helmets to Hardhats Canada (H2H) have entered a partnership that will see H2H recognized as the Official Building Trades Unions Veterans’ Liaison of the 165th running of The King’s Plate. The 2024 King’s Plate will take place at Woodbine Racetrack on Aug. 17. As part of the partnership, a Canadian […]

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]]> /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/h2h-and-woodbine-entertainment-team-up-for-kings-plate/feed 0 How CLAC opened the door for 1,717 new first-year apprentices /dcn/news/associations/2024/06/how-clac-opened-the-door-for-1717-new-first-year-apprentices /dcn/news/associations/2024/06/how-clac-opened-the-door-for-1717-new-first-year-apprentices#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 08:08:39 +0000 /?p=368770 When the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) ended its two-year, first-year apprentice support drive that brought 1,717 new registered apprentices into the Canadian manufacturing and construction sectors, that success was solidly rooted on a winning recruiting strategy. CLAC’s strategy relied upon thinking larger than just the organization, removing hiring roadblocks for both new entrants […]

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]]> /dcn/news/associations/2024/06/how-clac-opened-the-door-for-1717-new-first-year-apprentices/feed 0 More than 50 workers to be laid off from Ontario Science Centre, union says /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/more-than-50-workers-to-be-laid-off-from-ontario-science-centre-union-says /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/more-than-50-workers-to-be-laid-off-from-ontario-science-centre-union-says#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:44:03 +0000 /?p=368697 TORONTO — Layoffs have begun at the Ontario Science Centre. Ontario Public Service Employees Union says more than 50 food service workers will be laid off over the next few days. The union says the workers are employed by Levy Canada, an outside contractor. The province announced an abrupt closure of the science centre last […]

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]]> /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/more-than-50-workers-to-be-laid-off-from-ontario-science-centre-union-says/feed 0 Blue Seal turning journeymen into businessmen /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/blue-seal-turning-journeymen-into-businessmen /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/blue-seal-turning-journeymen-into-businessmen#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:15:01 +0000 /?p=368646 As bankruptcies in the Canadian construction industry climb, Blue Seal certification aims to provide Red Seal journeymen the tools to step into self-proprietorship in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories, the three provinces that have adopted the certification system. Historically, the construction industry has had one of the highest rates of business failures and 2023 […]

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]]> /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/blue-seal-turning-journeymen-into-businessmen/feed 0 Skills training programs for youth: There is a cure for the summertime blues /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/skills-training-programs-for-youth-there-is-a-cure-for-the-summertime-blues /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/skills-training-programs-for-youth-there-is-a-cure-for-the-summertime-blues#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:00:36 +0000 /?p=368625 Girls Exploring Trades and Technology (GETT) is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founded in 1999, GETT is a summer program at Red River College Polytech (RRC) in Winnipeg that introduces girls aged 12 to 14 to applied skills and technology careers. “Women are very underrepresented in the skilled trades in Canada,” said Derek Kochenash, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/skills-training-programs-for-youth-there-is-a-cure-for-the-summertime-blues/feed 0 Dean Heron marks fifth anniversary with CFBC /joc/news/labour/2024/06/dean-heron-marks-fifth-anniversary-with-cfbc /joc/news/labour/2024/06/dean-heron-marks-fifth-anniversary-with-cfbc#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:30:11 +0000 /?p=368229 VICTORIA – Dean Heron is celebrating his fifth year with the Construction Foundation of BC (CFBC) as their Artist in Residence – Indigenous Skills. Heron is of Kaska/Tlingit ancestry and a member of the Wolf Clan, a CFBC release said. He was adopted by a Canadian father and Scottish mother with his ancestral heritage introduced […]

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]]> /joc/news/labour/2024/06/dean-heron-marks-fifth-anniversary-with-cfbc/feed 0 Your top JOC headlines: June 17 to 21 /joc/news/economic/2024/06/your-top-joc-headlines-june-17-to-21 /joc/news/economic/2024/06/your-top-joc-headlines-june-17-to-21#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:45:31 +0000 /?p=368250 Your top JOC headlines this week feature news Alberta hit a record number of homes under construction in May; Calgary marked two weeks of water restrictions in the wake of a massive watermain break; the Vancouver Regional Construction Association sits down with BC United Leader Kevin Falcon; and an LNG company plans to use a […]

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]]> /joc/news/economic/2024/06/your-top-joc-headlines-june-17-to-21/feed 0 Residential Report: DEI policies and practices the right thing to do and make good business sense /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/residential-report-dei-policies-and-practices-the-right-thing-to-do-and-make-good-business-sense /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/residential-report-dei-policies-and-practices-the-right-thing-to-do-and-make-good-business-sense#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:36:21 +0000 /?p=368295 Diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, are more than just fancy buzzwords. With today’s changing demographics and increased competition for skilled labour, the construction industry and employers need to have policies in place that encourage a more varied workforce. It is not only the right thing to do; it also makes good business sense. Companies […]

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]]> /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/residential-report-dei-policies-and-practices-the-right-thing-to-do-and-make-good-business-sense/feed 0 Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/over-200-members-of-indigenous-communities-across-canada-gain-valuable-construction-skills /dcn/news/labour/2024/06/over-200-members-of-indigenous-communities-across-canada-gain-valuable-construction-skills#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:00:13 +0000 /?p=368277 More than 200 members of 14 Indigenous communities, including a sizable number of young people, in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, have gained basic valuable construction skills that will allow them to pursue further trades training or perform small maintenance/renovations on their own homes and, in the process, revitalize those communities. They were participants in […]

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