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Habitat For Humanity
Project
Habitat for Humanity will be constructing a union-built
home with the help of the Building Trades of Alberta
affiliated unions in
Edmonton
this year.
The home will be a 1,500 sq. ft. 2 storey with
construction slated to start at the end of April. This
is a non-jurisdictional build, meaning that you could be
installing drywall, framing or performing any of the
other activities involved in house construction.
We are looking for members to
volunteer some time to work on this project. The project
build schedule runs from Tuesday to Saturday every week.
Call or email Rick Carter at the Local 8 office for more
information or contact Louise at Habitat for Humanity at
(780) 996-4610.
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Nominations for Pension Plan & Health & Welfare Plan
Trustees
Local 8 will be holding nominations in conjunction with
the regularly scheduled membership meetings in May for
the positions of Trustees to the Retirement Trust Fund
Pension Plan and the Health and Welfare Plan. Elections,
if required, will be conducted by mail-in ballot and
those would be mailed out
at the end of May.
Both positions are for three-year terms
commencing July 1, 2013. Please see your Local 8
calendars for May meeting dates.
The terms of Pension Trustee Greg
Reid and H & W Trustee Stan Krasowski will conclude on
June 30, 2013 and the Local would like to extend its
gratitude for their service.
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Wage Increases Effective May 5, 2013
On the commercial side, the raises will be as
printed in the agreement books. A Journeyman sheet
metal worker’s hourly wage will go to $36.24/hr.
from the current $35.39 /hr. A Qualified Sheeter’s
hourly wage will be $35.56/hr. compared to the
current rate of $34.74/hr. Contributions by the
employers will increase by $.05 to $ 1.60/hr. for
the Health and Welfare Plan and by $.15 to $4.30/hr.
to the Pension Plan
On the Industrial side, there will be an increase of
$0.14/hr. to the total package. This was arrived at
using the formula contained in the letter of
understanding at the back of the collective
agreement books. The Group 4 average wage was $56.59
and the consumer price index change from December,
2011 to December, 2012 was 0.0%. The average price
of oil from July to December, 2012 was $90.07 a
barrel.
The calculation using the formula is as follows:
(
0.0 (CPI) + 0.5% (oil average price above $90.00 per
barrel) divided
by
2(the number of wage adjustments per year) x $56.79
(Group 4 average)
= $0.14.
Since we also have the increases in the
contributions to our Pension and Health and Welfare
plans (as noted in first paragraph) effective May 5,
2013, there will be a $0.06/hr. shortfall. With the
agreement of your Executive Board, the increased
contributions to the plans will go ahead as
scheduled and there will be a re-distribution that
will see the journeyman sheet metal worker wage go
from $43.98/hr. to $43.93/hr and the vac and stat
pay will go from $4.40/hr. to $4.39 / hr. In
Sheeting / Decking, the Journeyman rate will go from
$41.89/hr. to $41.84/hr. and the vac and stat pay
will go from $4.19/hr. to $4.18/hr. Other
classifications will be affected in proportion to
the j/m rate. Full wage charts are available on our
website or at clra.org.
Another adjustment to the
Industrial wage will be effective November 3 / 2013.
The total
increase at that time will go towards the base rate
and vac and stat.
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Mileage increase
Effective May 5, 2013 the vehicle allowance will
increase to $0.51/km from the current $0.50/km. This
will also result in slight adjustments being made to
travel and rotational allowances. The travel and
rotational adjustments are available on our website
or at clra.org.
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Other Local 8 News
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Local 8 has entered a team in a hockey tournament
sponsored by the Southern Building Trades. It will be
held on March 30 in the Oilfields Regional Arena – 611 -
3 Street SW, Black Diamond. There will be a silent
auction, door prize and 50/50 draw.
If you’re interested in cheering our team on,
they play the UA Team at 9:15 AM and the Ironworkers at
11:45 AM, with final playoff games later in the day.
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The training
center has just received its Lincoln Virtual Welding
machine. With the virtual welder, you can practice
your welding with different types of coupons in all
types of positions. The machine tracks you as you
are welding and will score the weld when you are
finished. The welder lets you know what you are
doing right and it will also tell you how you can
improve, instantly. Contact Rick at the Local 8
office to book a time to use it.
The training center also has a
fully equipped sheet metal shop,
classroom, and drafting
machine to practise with.
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Circle the Date -
Local 8 Edmonton golf tournament will be held on May
25/13 at the Ravencrest Golf Course. More
information will follow. The
Calgary
office is looking at an 18-hole tournament this year
with Okotoks being the most reasonably priced.and a
date probably in mid-June. Please call Steve at
(403) 813-5523 to let him know your thoughts.
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The Provincial
Skills competition will be held in
Edmonton
on May 15 and 16 at the Expo center. Admission and
parking are free. Members are welcome to attend the
competition and see the many different skills on
display
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