Ironworkers Magazine
Union Membership Shows Ironworkers IncreasingAccording to the AFL-CIO figures reported in Engineering News Record, during the five year period 1995-2000, only three construction unions showed double-digit percentage increases in membership. The Iron Workers International Union was one of three with an increase of 10.3%.
New Brunswick Ironworkers Construct Two BridgesIronworkers from St. John, New Brunswick, Local 842 just completed two bridges that are part the Trans-Canada highway project in the Province of New Brunswick. The Local 842 crew included, seated, from left to right: Superintendent Dave MacEachern, General Foreman Eric Medley, Local 842 BA Egbert Bisque, Crane Operators Paul Monahan and Jacques Savoie and Maritime Steel Foundry Representative Tom Watson. Second row, from left: General Superintendent Jack Medley, Dwayne Robichaud, Bryden Mitchell, Wayne McDonald, Floyd Metallic, Garth McKay, Frank Sorby, Edouard Chiasson, Henry Patipas, Douglas Corbett, Yvon Richard, Foreman Pierre Pointer, Andre Duguay and Steward Roger St. Pierre. Not pictured are: Robert Robichaud, Mario Theriault, Joe Metallic, Randy Johnson, Paul-Emile Rousselle and Donald Rousselle.
Ironworker and PlaywrightRetired Ironworker Don Thomas, of Local 736 in Hamilton, Ontario, holds a copy of the play he wrote about the Underground Railroad that brought runaway slaves to freedom in the northern U.S. and Canada. The play was first staged for Black History Month in February 1999 and was a hit. Thomas is now casting for a new production of his play.
Labour ReportA labor-management council has been created to study human resources issues in Canada's construction sector. Construction has more highly skilled jobs than is generally believed, but working in construction is still not considered desirable, particularly by, Canada's young workers, according to Bob I Blakely, Canadian Director of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. The council will review issues such as the industry's changing demographics, mobility problems, and the uneven nature of demand for skilled trades.
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One bridge spans the Jemseg River and the other crosses the St. John River. The project to erect the badges required 252 girders (placed end to end they measured nine kilometers or more than five miles of steel) and over 200,000 bolts. Some of the girders were so huge that they had to be split for transportation from Quebec City to the job site and reassembled before they were put in place.
