
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
No rollbacks or enabling in collective agreements
Negotiated industry-leading contracts
Two 5% pension increases for members in good standing (totaling more than 10% earned rise)
Delivered the one-billionth pension dollar in Dec. 2023
Changed benefits provider to improve member experience
Secured, for the first time in Alberta’s history, government funding for the Budd Coutts Apprenticeship & Education Centre (first union to ever receive this support from any provincial government) for both Mobile Crane 1 and Mobile Crane 3 courses.
Successfully lobbied government to get “agency status” and the ability to indenture apprentices
Quarterbacked 75th anniversary celebrations across the province in 2023
First to create budget to show financial responsibility and accountability
Real estate investments up 274%
Took pay cut during COVID, along with IUOE 955 staff
Exited Building Trades of Alberta (BTA)
Invested in government relations and communications
Invested in organizing
Ensuring merit based hiring includes more underrepresented groups, both at the union hall and in the field
Introduced dispatch reform, hybrid system
Restored pride and solidarity in IUOE 955