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Ontario Skilled Trades Training Fund: The IBEW CCO Salutes Minister for Historic Initiative
On June 21, Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, announced a new fund that will invest $224 million to build and upgrade…
Skills Ontario brings together thousands of young people. Here they can navigate through many career possibilities. The ECAO and IBEW are avid supporters of this initiative.
James Barry Responds to Government Announcement Re: Students Entering the Skilled Trades
The Ontario Office of the Premier published a news release titled, Ontario Helping More Students Enter the Skilled Trades Faster.…
For International Women’s Day, and throughout the month of March, we’re celebrating our IBEW sisters and women in the electrical…
Earlier this month, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton, launched a ‘Washroom Blitz’, deploying health and safety…
IBEW Local 804 has received Training Delivery Agent (TDA) status for their 309A Electrician Construction and Maintenance Program. The Hon.…
Nov. 4, 2022 (Toronto) – The IBEW Construction Council of Ontario (IBEW CCO) is calling on the Ontario government to…
After a two-year hiatus, the 34th annual OPC Baseball tournament was finally back in action. And oh the fun that…
Marc Arsenault, Business Manager of the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario has released a statement in response…
October 6, 2022 has been selected as a day of recognition by the Canadian electrical industry in order to raise…
Ontario invests additional $90M in Skills Development Fund
On Tuesday, September 26, the Ontario Minister of Labour visited IBEW Local 105’s training centre in Hamilton, Ontario. The Minister…
WHAT IS A 631A NETWORK CABLING SPECIALIST LICENSE? AND WHY IS THIS TRADE DESIGNATION IMPORTANT?
Communications and low voltage work is currently a voluntary trade in Ontario, meaning you don’t have to have a trade…