Health and safety in the workplace are both front and center for Canadian employers and employees alike. There was a time not so long ago when workplace health and safety was virtually ignored in Canada. There was a time when “getting the job done” was the only real focus for employers. The impact of unions and collective agreements by organizations such as the GPMC | NMC have played a pivotal...

The GPMC | NMC is very proud to work alongside the Workers for Wishes (W4W) team as they enrich the people of their community. Here are some highlights from 2023. All of the content featuring these brave kids was curated from the Workers 4 Wishes Facebook page. W4W is a volunteer-based charity. We have no paid staff and virtually no overhead, meaning 99% of funds raised go directly toward...

In recent years, the "living wage" concept has moved to the forefront of socio-economic discussions in Canada. The living wage - a wage rate that considers the actual costs of living in a specific community - differs greatly from the minimum wage, which is often set without comprehensive regard for these real-life expenditures.For many Canadian workers, the struggle to earn a living wage and...

The Summer/Fall 2023 Newsletter is now available. View here!

This past year has been another busy year in the contract maintenance industry across Canada. Our contracting partners and our local unions were responsible for executing some of the most complex and intricate turnaround activities tackled throughout the year. A big thank you to the women and men of the Local Unions who were dispatched to these sites and made certain that the work was safely and...

The GPMC | NMC is deeply saddened by the recent flooding that has affected so many people in communities throughout Nova Scotia. Our thoughts are with those who have been impacted and those who are still being impacted. Last Friday, July 21st intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Nova Scotia lasting two days, and resulting in flash flooding, road washouts,...

Cordell Cole graduated high school in Halifax and immediately registered at a nearby vocational school to study electrical construction and continue his education. Cordell was fortunate to start his apprenticeship with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 625, enabling him to quickly move through his schooling while maintaining steady work, and received his Red...

Fresh from New Brunswick Community College (NBCC), Alex began his Instrumentation and Control Technician apprenticeship at the LNG site in Saint John in September 2010, before joining Lorneville. From Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia, Lorneville services North America’s leaders in the petrochemical, power generation, pulp and paper, and mining and minerals industries. After...

With 91% of students successfully completing the Trades Careers Program this past year, TEPF (The Educational Partnership Foundation) hopes it will make a dent in the attritionrate in the demand for skilled workers. To put it into perspective, that's 155 students who have completed an introductory course in skilled trades as part of the high schoolstream in the last 12 months. Due to the...

Wade Logan began his career in the 1980s, working with the International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers through Local 110 located in Edmonton, Alberta. He was able to complete his apprenticeship, becoming a journeyman, before being promoted to foreman, general foreman, and then superintendent on many of the largest jobs in Alberta at the time. In 2012, Wade was...