TORONTO – Ontario`s Carpenters District Council has launched a campaign against tax evasion in the underground economy. “You pay your taxes, why would some promoters cheat?” asked an online post addressed to union members. “Your tax evasion is costly to everyone.” The campaign includes a… Ontario carpenters have joined their colleagues across the continent in raising awareness of underground construction and tax evasion in recent times. The events also took the opportunity to highlight the benefits of local collective agreements. The countryside,… The SCO is committed to informing our staff and management partners to ensure that all parties are aware of the progress of the negotiations and the ongoing comparisons. This is the 6th edition of our Bulletin Here Collective Bargaining, based on information received by the SCO at the end of the day, June 11, 2019. Currently, 16 agreements have been ratified, 3 unions have provisional agreements and 7 are pending. If you have any new information on the status of collective bargaining or the details of the new agreements to report, please let us know. Members may have questions about an email sent by UBC in April 2020.

The ITC offers an 8-hour ICRA Awareness course, which is online via www.carpenters.org. Members must register a username via the carpenters.org. The links below will help you navigate through the registration and registration processes. Effective June 1, 2019, your Health and Welfare Fund merges with the Provincial Council of the Carpenters` Benefit Trust Fund. The merger brings significant financial, service and technological improvements. All merger questions can be addressed to contacts listed on the link page above. Toronto has rejected new provincial laws that open up construction in the public sector to non-unionized workers, creating the conditions for a legal confrontation with those who do not participate in projects. Toronto City Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the legislation at a meeting on Wednesday, so it would… Katherine Jacobs, Director of Research T (416) 620-5210, Ext. 225 M (4160 550-3189 E kjacobs@iciconstruction.com W www.iciconstruction.com Ottawa Wage Increase Year 1: 1.70 – contains $0.10 in exchange for the removal of WSIB Bill 162 re q`t 2: $1.25 – year 3: $1.00 – Work Ready Training and Skills Training The 8-hour ICRA awareness course is just an awareness course and explains how they work in the ICRA environment. It is not the 24-hour ICRA class that tells participants how to build hard, flexible wall housings, monitor and air peeling under many other practical exercises.