IBEW First District (Canada) Vice President Bill Daniels alerted all Canadian locals to an urgent requirement for manpower in Alberta. Local Union 424 requires the following skilled workers:

• Journeyperson electricians
• Journeyperson Powerline Technicians 
• Welder Electricians
• 3^rd- and 4^th- year Apprentices of the above

For more information, please contact Local Union 424 at 1-780-462-5076.

Epcor Utilities, a private company whose affiliates include the electric utility that serves the City of Edmonton, will be in Halifax at the Prince George Hotel from May 9th to 11th (Friday 11am to 8pm; Saturday 9am - 6pm; and Sunday 9am to 3pm) to recruit Powerline Technicians (PLTs), control centre System Operators, and a manager of Capital Constrution. They are seeking up to fifteen PLTs (ideally with five years experience) and five system operators. People are encouraged to apply beforehand in order to schedule a face-to-face interview. Read more about Epcor's benefit/retention package on their website here.

* Epcor PLT posting
* Epcor System Operator posting
* Epcor Manager, Capital Projects posting

On April 28, Canada and more than 80 countries worldwide to remember those who died, were injured or became ill at work. The Day of Mourning offers employees and employers the opportunity to publicly renew their commitment to improve health and safety in the workplace.

     In 2013, just over 25,000 Nova Scotians were injured on the job, with a few more than 6,300 of them injured seriously enough to lose time from work. Sadly, there were 34 workplace fatalities in Nova Scotia last year. To date, there have been two fatalities in 2014 not including those who died away from work due to unrecognized or undiagnosed occupational related illnesses.

See more at: http://www.dayofmourning.ns.ca/about.htm#sthash.5hmBJmSA.dpuf

Local 1928 is running an advertorial campaign (paid editorial content piece) with the headline "Lights Out?" in several key Nova Scotia papers. The piece explains the impacts of NSP outsourcing in a way that we hope will speak to Nova Scotia ratepayers and rouse their concern. The publication of this quarter-page advertorial in the Chronicle Herald, the Cape Breton Post, the New Glasgow News, and the Yarmouth Vanguard will be an opportunity for you to raise the outsourcing issue with friends, family, and neighbours, and to ask for their active support. (Contact information for all MLAs can be found here.

Another recruitment fair in Nova Scotia for our skilled workers! Epcor Utilities, a private company whose affiliates include the electric utility that serves the City of Edmonton, will be here in Halifax at the Prince George Hotel from May 9th to 11th (Friday 11am to 8pm; Saturday 9am - 6pm; and Sunday 9am to 3pm) to recruit Powerline Technicians (PLTs) and control centre System Operators. They are seeking up to fifteen PLTs (ideally with five years experience) and five system operators. People are encouraged to apply beforehand in order to schedule a face-to-face interview. Read more about Epcor's benefit/retention package on their website here.