Suite 100, 1777 3rd Avenue, Prince George, BC, V2L 3G7
Tel: 250.563.7771 | Toll-free: 1.800.565.3641 | Fax: 250.563.0274
USW Local 1-2017
Suite 100, 1777 3rd Avenue, Prince George, BC,
V2L 3G7
Phone Numbers
Tel: 250.563.7771
Toll-free: 1.800.565.3641
Fax: 250.563.0274
E-mail:
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Notices
Employment Opportunities
Employment Opportunities in PRINCE GEORGE, KAMLOOPS, and KELOWNA
The BC Regional Council of Carpenters is seeking individuals interested in working as an Overhead Door Technician. Please click the link below for more information.
WorkBC - FInding the Right Job Starts Here
Finding the Right Job Starts Here
No Matter what your level of work experience or education, if you're unemployed your local WorkBC Centre is here to help you.
Please review the link below containing further information provided by Work BC.
Visit the IWA Pension Plan Pop-Up Office
Your Pension and LTD Plan Office is heading your way. Visit the Pop Up Plan Office for a presentation and a 30 minute one-on-one consultation with a Pension Specialist.
700 Hundred Workers Received Up skilling and Training
Prince George BC - United Steelworkers local 1-424 applied for and received funding through the labour market agreement (LMA) between the federal and Provincial Governments in October 2011
USW 1-424 Training CNC October 20th- 21st
This year over 140 local USW 1-424 members from across the local Union took part in a number of courses organized by the local. The training is extremely valuable to our members dealing with the daily issues of policing the Collective agreement and addressing the concerns brought forward by the members within their operations be they grievances or health and safety issues. Those attending also had the opportunity to do some networking with members from other areas of the local including our new stewards and committees from the mining sector, Automotive and Trucking. Attendees were also given an update and a little history on the Northern Skills Training Pilot and encouraged to talk with their Brothers and sisters at work regarding the value of the program and the long term benefits.
HUNT DEMANDS ANSWERS & ACTION!!
District 3 Director Stephen Hunt demanded action from Government, Worksafe and the RCMP in the wake of yet another sawmill explosion in Northern BC.
Lakeland Mills Meeting
Meeting on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 6:30 pm at the Coast Inn of the North for family and spouses.
PG Regional Hospital Policy Change for Members
Effect September 1, 2009, the PG Regional Hospital will not be billing us for our member's television services. Therefore, any Member being admitted to the hospital will need to pay the daily rental charges at the time of hook-up and submit the receipt(s) that they are given at the time of payment to the Steelworkers for reimbursement.
Recent News
Employment Opportunities
Employment Opportunities in PRINCE GEORGE, KAMLOOPS, and KELOWNA
The BC Regional Council of Carpenters is seeking individuals interested in working as an Overhead Door Technician. Please click the link below for more information.
Former Wolverine Mine (Walter Energy) Employees - Severance Pay
December 4, 2019
ATTENTION: WALTER ENERGY MEMBERS
RE: WALTER ENERGY SEVERANCE PAY! IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!
The Local Union is happy to share this latest update with all of you. The Court Appointed Monitor which makes the payments to people that Walter Energy and Wolverine Mine owed money to is starting to process cheques to pay the termination and severance pay that our members are owed.
Conifex Fort St James Overview
The current CONIFEX Sawmill in Fort St. James was first owned and operated by Takla Forest Products. When they started, they employed 350 hourly workers and 40 staff, plus Forestry technicians. The operation consisted of Planers, Studmill, Dimension Mill and Veneer Plant.
Forest Workers Support Program Pays Dividends
September 24, 2019
For Immediate Release
FOREST WORKERS SUPPORT PROGRAM PAYS DIVIDENDS
(Prince George, BC) USW Local 1-2017 President Brian O'Rourke expressed surprise and shock at the comments some Interior mayors and others are making regarding the diversion of funding from the Economic Dividends Fund to new Forest Workers Support Programs.
Government outlines New Forest Support Programs
PRINCE GEORGE - The provincial government has announced $69 million to fund a new series of measures aimed at supporting British Columbia forest workers impacted by mill closures and shift reductions in several B.C. Interior communities
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