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Category: 1st District

Women’s Committees More Than Double in First District

Canadian women members are finding new avenues of support as the First District’s number of Women’s Committees recently rocketed from six to 13.

March 18, 2025

Alberta Local Helps Defeat Foreign Worker Plan

The importance of political relationships was evident in Alberta in December, when Edmonton Local 424 officials helped persuade the provincial government to squash a plan to import construction workers from the United Arab Emirates.

March 18, 2025

B.C. Member and Wife Feed Those in Need, Putting ‘People Over Profit’

Kamloops, British Columbia, Local 993 member Tony Pitzoff and his wife, Brigida Crosbie, have been feeding seniors, the homeless and anyone else in need for years, and their business — which operates with the philosophy of “people over profit” — is only growing.

January 21, 2025

No More Porta-Potties: British Columbia Requires Flush Toilets on Construction Sites

British Columbia construction sites just got an upgrade. Thanks to lobbying by the IBEW and other members of the B.C. Building Trades, jobsites with 25 or more workers now must provide flush toilets, a long-awaited improvement to hygiene conditions.

January 14, 2025

Edmonton Member Earns National Honor for Safety, Performance

Renee Melnyk found a path into the trades when she completed the Women Building Futures program in Edmonton in 2005.

January 12, 2025

B.C. Apprentice Is First Member From Canada to Win Coveted Organizing Award

Justin Santos, an energetic apprentice using social media to help squash myths about unions, was honored in August as

December 19, 2024

Local 1928 Members Save Heart Attack Victim,Earn Lifesaving Award

Ten members of Halifax Local 1928 employed by Nova Scotia Power will receive the IBEW’s Lifesaving Award after they saved

October 18, 2024

U.S., Canadian Locals Light Up Historic International Bridge

The distance between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is only about two miles, but the delivery trucks that cross the Detroit

October 3, 2024

Canada Enacts Anti-Scab Law Unveiled at IBEW Local

Local 213 Business Representative Manny Randhawa greets Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It was during that visit to Local 213 in

September 25, 2024

Vigilance Helps Bring a Contractor in Ontario Back to the IBEW

Several years ago, members of Kitchener, Ontario, Local 804 started taking notice of a nonunion contractor doing business in the

September 19, 2024

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