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Moving Forward
Dear Brothers & Sisters:
As the Director of Canadian Affairs, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to respond to my call for action. I wanted to hear from you and you responded!
I appreciate the honest opinions, comments and recommendations that you provided and I assure you that I will do my utmost to address the few concerns we received right away.
Together we are going to grow the U.A. by creating opportunities and delivering on our promises and guarantees. I believe we need to:
- Have a clear vision of the United Association so that we can move forward together and secure more job opportunities for our members.
- Create a positive perception of the U.A. in people’s minds including our members, clients, owners and contractors.
- Increase our influence in the industry.
- Increase our membership and re-establish loyalty in the U.A.
- Increase the number of U.A. contractors and the number of clients and owners.
I have given you my thoughts. Now I need to hear yours. How do you think we can accomplish this? How can you help? Please complete the Moving Forward Feedback Form to forward your feedback.
Sincerely Yours,
John Telford,
Director of Canadian Affairs
UA Journal Article - 07.21.09
A review of the UA Journal article on the UA Canada survey. Find out more about what is wanted by UA members in Canada.
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Moving Forward Feedback
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2008-06-17
Mr. John Telford,
As per your letter, here are some of my opinions,
Do not let the Government control the workforce, for example:
In Alberta they bring in workforce from another Country without certification and non-union even though we have a good workforce in our own country that has no work.
See that the government is obligated by a special law that all contactors pass through the union for work in all countries and that Canadians work before any immigrants.
Thank you,
Gérald - UA Member - Canada 2008-06-09
Dear Sir and Brother,
I am a member of U A Local in Saint John N.B. I am currently employed by Jacobs Industrial Services at the Irving Oil Refinery under the GPC agreement. I am currently involved in a Maintenance Excellence Program whose mandate is to design a process that will streamline maintenance at this refinery. My role is as a representative for the pipefitters and boilermakers. My concern and reason for this E-mail is that I do not know where Brother Tozer or the UA stand on this issue. I assume that Brother Tozer is aware of this program. My fellow union members keep asking me what the UA position is and I tell them I do not know. I would appreciate some feedback on this subject.
Thank you in advance,
Wayne - UA Member - New Brunswick - Canada 2008-06-05
Dear John
Honor, Duty, Respect, Decency, Integrity, Fairness, Equity for effort, Standard of living. These are the reason for the problems you sight in your letter, there is a shocking and tragic lack of all of these OR a shocking decline in all of these.
Explain to the membership why as a Plumber there was wage parity with the sprinkler fitters up until the early 80's when the Alberta Government not only broke the unions but destroyed them and made them impotent and useless. And here we are in an unprecedented economic prosperity time, and this is only the beginning as Saskatchewan is "Just" beginning to develop their oil and New Found Land is also in a similar position with its oil and gas industry and all of the housing and commercial development that goes with it . Now throw in oil prices of $130.00 + per barrel and commercial contractors in town charging $120.00 /hr as their contract billing rate and there is "ALREADY" a serious shortage of qualified Plumbers/Gasfitters, Steamfitters and etc. and yet there is at least a $10.00/hr disparity in the wage of a Plumber/Gasfitter , Pipefitter ($ 32.50) and a sprinklerfitter ($ 44.00) . What happened to the principles of supply and demand ?? and what happened to Equity for effort ?? Don't get me wrong that is good for the sprinklerfitters BUT crap for everybody else, do you get it ?? and you guys stand there and go .....ok mister company owner I'll just pull the memberships underware off for you now and I'll just turn my head for a few minutes. Every Fucking time.
This is why there "is" the deteriorating union loyalty and skills shortages that concern you. Because people see their productivity ( measured by the government going up and up and up ....in other words they are working harder and harder) and their Fucking standard of living FALL and FALL and they say to themselves one day "Whats the Fucking point??" Why take skills courses ,Why work harder FOR NOTHING !!!!!!!!!
YOU GIVE YOUR PEP SPEECH to the guy that can't let his kids take soccer because he can't afford it ...this is usually the same guy that had to fill his gas tank only half way because he had to buy groceries and this guy doesn't drink or do drugs. I am NOT referring to the regular working man(in society) here, I am talking about my Fucking union brothers in a time of unprecedented prosperity .
I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU... LOYALTY LIKE RESPECT IS "EARNED" AND YOU GUYS AREN'T GETTING IT DONE TO "EARN" THE LOYALTY YOU SEEK, WHEN THAT KIND OF SHIT HAPPENS.....RIGHT???
- UA Member - Canada [Top]
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