Please note the following holiday hours that will be in effect at all ACRC offices:
December 23 – closed
December 26 – closed
December 27 – closed
December 28 & 29 – open regular office hours
December 30 – closed
January 2, 2017 – closed
Happy Holidays!
Please note the Local 579 meeting scheduled for tonight at 8 p.m. in Paradise, NL has been cancelled.
On behalf of the Executive and Staff of the Atlantic Canada Regional Council of Carpenters, Millwrights and Allied Workers, we would like to wish you and your families a wonderful holiday and a very happy new year.
Be sure to catch our special holiday greeting airing on CTV over the holidays!
Please note all ACRC offices will be closed on Friday, November 11 to observe Remembrance Day. Offices will reopen on Monday, November 14.
Our contractor (Gilson) is looking for millwrights to start work ASAP at the Halifax (Irving) Shipyards. Please note security clearances and other paperwork is required to work on site. If interested, please contact Jeff Richardson at 902-759-1922 or jrichardson@acrc.ca
Due to yesterday’s storm, please note our Sydney, NS office will be closed Tuesday, October 11 as they are dealing with flooding and currently have no power.
Local 83 and Local 1178 have announced Special Called Meetings to review the proposed agreement for the Pieridae Energy Canada Ltd. (Goldboro LNG Ltd.) project. At these meetings we will be voting on the proposed agreement for the Goldboro Project. We encourage members to carefully read over the proposed agreement and to make plans to attend this special meeting to vote.
Local 83 – Halifax: The regularly scheduled monthly meeting for October will take place on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 7 p.m. and copies of the proposed agreement will be available for members to take and review at that time. The Special Called Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Union Hall (1000 Sackville Drive).
Local 83 – Yarmouth: The regularly scheduled monthly meeting for October will take place on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 6 p.m. and copies of the proposed agreement will be available for members to take and review at that time. The Special Called Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rodd Grand Yarmouth (417 Main St.).
Local 1178 – Stellarton: The Special Called Meeting for Local 1178 will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the Union Hall (139 Beaufort Street). The monthly meeting will take place after the Special Called Meeting.
Please note Local 83 members located in or around the Stellarton area can attend the information meeting on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 to review and vote on the proposed agreement.
Click on the links below to view the files in PDF format:
Project Special Needs Collective Agreement
Letter of Understanding
Out-of-province workers continue to work at the Nalcor hydro electric plant turbine overhaul job in Grand Falls-Windsor, NL.
In protest of this, another demonstration will occur at the Nalcor Corporate office at 500 Columbus Drive, 10 a.m., Friday, 23 Sept. We will meet in the Nalcor parking lot.
We need to correct this and need workers, regardless of trade or whether union or non-union, to come down and participate in the demonstration.
Read the press release here
An out of province contractor is employing out of province workers to do the turbine overhaul at the Nalcor hydro electric plant in Grand Falls-Windsor, NL This is work that should be done by local NL workers, especially with a crown corporation. There are many millwrights and other trades that could use the 6-8 months of work.
We have talked to Nalcor and government officials about this, but with no response. As a result, we are staging an information demonstration in GFW to notify the public and pressure change.
Thursday, September 15 – We will be meeting at the Mount Peyton Hotel (214 Lincoln Rd, Grand Falls-Windsor) at 7 p.m. to organize the demonstration.
Friday, September 16 – Set up demonstration at MHA office at 3 Cromer Ave, Grand Falls-Windsor starting at 9 a.m.
We need your help to put out the message that NL workers should be given priority for work in NL.
Read the press release here
The ACRC is restructuring its Halifax office to provide better value for Mainland Nova Scotia members. Shane Butler is no longer Regional Manager with the Council. Scott Keeping has been appointed interim Regional Manager for Mainland Nova Scotia and PEI. He can be contacted at 902-430-6882 or skeeping@acrc.ca
We are committed to supporting Local 83 members and encourage anyone with questions or concerns to contact Deb Romero, EST, at 506-654-3849 or dromero@acrc.ca