Kerry and Jordan talk about ICBA's latest featured course -- and the plight of Generation X. https://youtu.be/eRVeYImuN9w The HR Series: Navigating a Multi-Generational Workplace (Live Online Training) Thursday, June 30th, 2022 11AM - 1PM...
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #54: Let’s Dance
Each week, ICBA’s Jordan Bateman reflects on what we’ve learned as we participate in ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program. This program is free for all ICBA members – check out icba.ca/wellness for details. This week’s resource on diversity and inclusion included this...
NEWS RELEASE: ICBA Launches Indigenous Logo Competition
SURREY – As part of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association’s (ICBA) ongoing work with Indigenous communities, ICBA announced today the launch of an Indigenous logo design competition, seeking to enhance ICBA’s brand and reflecting the pillars of ICBA...
IN THE NEWS: ICBA Calls For Special Mediator in Concrete Strike
Last week, ICBA called for Labour Minister Harry Bains to appoint a special mediator to get a deal in the month-long Lehigh strike, which has crippled BC's concrete supply. So far, he's refusing to act -- meaning higher costs, delays and more pain for BC builders and...
TRAINING THURSDAY: Construction Project Management
Construction Project Management (Live Online Training) Monday, June 27th - Thursday, June 30th, 2022 https://icba.simplesignup.ca/en/9927/index.php?m=eventSummary Missed this one? Check out icba.ca/courses Set up in 4 - 1/2-day live...
ICBA NEWS RELEASE: Minister Must Appoint Mediator to End Concrete Strike
SURREY – A month-long strike has reduced the Lower Mainland’s concrete supply by approximately 40% and needs to be resolved as quickly as possible to avoid chaos in the construction industry, says the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA). ICBA is...
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #53: A Year of Breaking Through
Each week, ICBA’s Jordan Bateman reflects on what we’ve learned as we participate in ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program. This program is free for all ICBA members – check out icba.ca/wellness for details. As we enter our second calendar year of ICBA Wellness offerings,...
CONSTRUCTION MONITOR (SUMMER 2022): Building Barriers to the Future of Trades
The Summer 2022 edition of The Construction Monitor looks at the BC NDP Government's new compulsory trades laws. See the full Monitor HERE. It’s yet another example of the B.C. NDP’s penchant for policies that date back to before the turn-of-the- millennium. Recent...
IN THE NEWS: ICBA Wellness Talks
Thanks CKPG-TV for covering our ICBA Wellness work -- and bringing much-needed attention to BC's mental health crisis. This week, our team is in Fort St. John with Corey Hirsch, talking to 100s of construction workers about mental health. And thanks Glass on Web for...
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Responsible resource development, like we are doing in Alberta and British Columbia, is an incredible way for people to lift themselves out of poverty.![]()
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Just ask Boomer Desjarlais, a member of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation in northern Alberta, who started Top Notch Oilfield Contracting in 2004 with his wife Judy, chief of the Blueberry River First Nation northwest of Fort St. John. ![]()
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They started off with one employee, $1,500 and a big dream.
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Award-winning heavy earthworks company strives to bridge the gap between First Nations and industry By James Snell Follow CEC on Linkedin CEC Linkedin Follow CEC on Facebook CEC Facebook Follow CEC on...
It could take up to six months for the industry to recover from this work stoppage... but at least it's over.
Metro Vancouver concrete workers end five-week strike after landing deal
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Union members began returning to work early Friday
Everything is getting more expensive -- we haven't seen inflation like this since the early 1980s. ![]()
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Buckle up
Inflation surges to 7.7%, fastest since 1983: What Canadians need to know
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Canada's inflation increased 7.7 per cent in May from a year earlier, the fastest since 1983, Statistics Canada reported
The concrete strike is over! And the deal was brokered by a mediator -- exactly what we recommended needed to happen last week.
Deal is struck to end Metro Vancouver's weeks-long concrete strike
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Members will begin returning to work Saturday morning, said Mike Mayo, IUOE Local 115 business representative
From Energeticcity.ca: Corey Hirsch says he teamed up with ICBA because “I see how compassionate and empathetic they are, and how much they want to help people” and “we have the same goals, ideals and plans, which is to help people.”![]()
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Aw shucks. We ❤️ you too, Corey Hirsch Official. Thanks for making a difference in the lives of BC construction professionals!
Former NHL player shares his mental health journey in Fort St. John - Energeticcity.ca
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FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Former NHL player Corey Hirsch was recently in Fort St. John to talk about mental health and wellness in the construction industry. Last year, the Independent Contractors and B...
Unite Here 40 has been ordered to pay Civeo $500,000 in damages after defaming the company on a blog post that was found to be full of lies about Civeo's relationship with Indigenous people.![]()
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An arbitrator ruled that the union's allegations against Civeo were “a complete fabrication”.![]()
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“Civeo has a very good reputation with respect to its relations with First Nations… which is seriously threatened by the claim that Civeo has broken its promises to First Nations,” he said, adding that the conduct “merits a substantial award of punitive damages.”![]()
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He ordered the union pay $400,000 in general damages and $100,000 in punitive damages, and to retract the defamatory comments... No retraction is currently posted on the union’s website.
BC Union Ordered to Pay $500,000 Bill for Defaming Corporation | The Tyee
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Unite Here Local 40 accused work camp operator Civeo of ‘broken promises to First Nations.’Tweet ICBA!
Don't miss our Microsoft Office Basics webinar June 29-30! The objective of this course is to train participants in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office which includes Word, Excel and Outlook. Click here to register: http://ow.ly/GYfI30smU9N
Our Design & Construction of Rainscreen Walls webinar (FREE for members!) is coming up July 6! It will provide an overview of rainscreen wall designs, including all the visible and hidden components and important factors in performance. Register here: http://ow.ly/eVEP30smU9b