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The entire IBEW Canada family is deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of two of our members of Local 2067 on Thursday October 8, 2020. Despite the best training and safety programs available this serves to remind us all of the precarious nature of our work, and the fact that our dedicated members…

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Greetings: Thanksgiving Day in Canada has been a holiday on the second Monday of October since 1957.  It is a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year. Of course with COVID-19, the way in which we celebrate holidays has changed; this country is starting to…

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For more than a century, the IBEW has been successful by adapting to changes in the electrical industry. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Local 402 Business Manager Glen Drewes is confident his local union has found an innovative way to build on that history. Earlier this year, Local 402 received rare permission from the Ontario provincial government…

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Started in 2013, Orange Shirt Day helps increase awareness of the effects of residential schools on Indigenous communities in Canada.  This day helps to continue the conversation and efforts around reconciliation.  Those who have suffered tell their stories and continue to heal.  For the rest of us it’s about supporting our Indigenous brothers and sisters…

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Join us for the next session in our webinar series and learn about the current state of the economy from a worker’s perspective and how to connect economic issues to the goals of the IBEW and the labour movement. Thank you to all who have attended our webinars and have provided feedback.  We’re excited to…

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Sisters and Brothers: Labour Day in Canada has been celebrated since the 1880s, in the beginning it was a day for workers to lobby for better working conditions and pay. On July 23, 1894, Prime Minister John Thompson passed a law making Labour Day official in Canada and it has since evolved into a Statutory…

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