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UA Local 324 Calendar
for 2008
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Vancouver
Island Piping Industry Joint Training Committee:
The Committee is made up of equal representation from
Employers and Union Members
- at present 8 Directors - 4 Employees and 4 Union Members.
|
Bob Best |
Welding
Coordinator |
|
Dale Dhillon |
Business Manager and Financial Secretary |
|
Dave Frampton |
Secretary
Coordinator |
|
Tony Elsdon |
Vice chair (Oceanview
Mechanical) |
| |
|
|
Angus MacPherson |
Director |
|
Bill Wickett |
Director |
|
Bob McPherson |
Director |
|
Mike Ellis |
Director |
|
Paul Harris |
Director |
|
Steve Halsall |
Director |
|
Stewart Lageri |
Director |
|
Terry Caird |
Director |
The United Association in 1956
instructed all Local in Canada and the United States to form a
Joint training Committee, if one was already not in operation. It
took two years for Local 324 to begin the planning of this
directive and in 1958 the first meeting took place with the
selected group of employees and Local 324 members to draw up the
bylaws for the future of our organization.
In 1962 the Committee was registered with the "Societies
Act of British Columbia". Our Employer Group number with
the department of Labour, Apprentice Branch is 00009, one of the
lowest numbers still in existence with the department.
It is our responsibility to train members for the future - we
oversee apprentices training and also provide training to keep
our members up-to-date and skilled in the changes taking place
in trade so that our employers are in a position to be
successfully competitive in the industry. It is then the
employer's responsibility to pay these trades people to the
levels acceptable for our standard of living, health and
welfare.
The members of local 324 contribute to their own training at
the rate of 25 cents per hour into our local fund and five cent
into Canadian Training Fund. Our local Committee, one of the
smallest in North America spends $20,000 to $30,000 a year on
training. The United Association spends over $80 Million
dollars per year.
The UA is the leader in the industry for training, the
results of this extensive training program now follows.
