Category:Industry News
The ECAO-IBEW responds to the recent Ontario government announcement concerning plans to modernize Ontario’s apprenticeship system.
Two female power technicians – a line worker and a power station electrician – talk about why they passed up their other career options for the power trade.
Ontario Electrical League Calls for Apprentice Ratio Reform
The OEL wants to reduce apprentice to journeyperson ratios as the Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) enters its next round of reviews.
In this video, two apprentices talk about the risks they face as unsupervised, inadequately trained workers.
Answering the question “who invented Labour Day” is complicated, because it came about from events in both Canada, the US, and Britain.
A female electrical apprentice talks about her experiences as an apprentice, what she thinks about the electrical trade, and how she became an apprentice.
Even though a Toronto company has been convicted after an unqualified worker received a serious shock trying to do electrical work, there should have been additional action by OCOT.
Industry Perspectives: Promoting the Value of Certification Critical to Ontario’s Future
We continue to hear about the challenges Ontario is facing in retaining and recruiting much-need skilled trades professionals. However, it is alarming that a proposed solution by some is to lower the standards on training and safety as a way to attract more people to the trades.
Pending changes to the classification of trades may permanently dilute the trades, lower training standards and compromise public and worker safety. This responsibility was removed from OCOT and transferred to an unaccountable body with no skilled trades background.
Originally appearing on OCR, this article announces the delay in the OCOT apprentice ratio review. Plus response by James Barry, IBEW CCO Exec. Director.
From the every outset, OCOT has failed in its mandate, which has been very, very disappointing to the IBEW CCO and its members.
Watch the “Their Only Power Was Moral: A History of Injured Workers in Ontario” video series and learn more about a fight for justice that is still taking place.