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If there are any members aged 35 years or younger that are interested in attending the IBEW 40th International Convention as a NextGen delegate, please read the attached communication from the 1st district and follow the instructions to apply.  (…)

February 1, 2022 The collective agreement with Treasury Board of Canada expires on August 31, 2022. In order to prepare for negotiations later this year, we are calling for final contract proposals from all Federal Government members. Proposals (…)

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Brother Donald Dionne to the position of Acting Eastern Business Representative for the Month of February 2022.   Donald is currently working as a Technical Operations Co-ordinator at Nav Canada in (…)

Greetings: The IBEW 40th International Convention will be taking place in Chicago, IL, in May 9-13, 2022. As part of the opening ceremonies, we traditionally have a Canadian present to sing our National Anthem. Due to the success in 2016, we will (…)

Earlier this year, we informed members that as indicated by OCHRO in their last bulletin, automatic cash-out of excess leave would be back in effect on March 31, 2022.   We are happy to announce that last week, IBEW-FIOE negotiated and signed (…)

On behalf of the Executive Board it was my pleasure to present the 2020 President’s Award to Martin Myre for his many contributions. Martin Myre has been a steward for more than 17 years and in that time he has been unwavering in his support to (…)

Since the rollout of the Phoenix pay system in 2016, the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) had agreed to suspend the automatic cash-out of vacation leave, compensatory leave, lieu days, lieu hours or lay day leave. However, the (…)

Earlier today, the public service employer published their vaccine policy.   The policy requires that all employees must be fully vaccinated by October 29 or they will be placed on administrative leave without pay on November 15 until they (…)

The annual general meeting of the IBEW Local 2228 Building Corporation will be held on Thursday, October 28th, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. EDT.   If any member wishes to attend remotely, please send an email to me at:   [email protected]    (…)

Greetings Local 2228 members,   Over the past few weeks, the Local has been lobbying employers we deal with to be more flexible in their mandatory vaccine policies.   We have been calling on all our members’ employers to be (…)