The Local 555 fishing derby will be held on Saturday July 21 and Sunday July 22, 2018 at Lake of the Prairies, Manitoba. Click the link below for all the details including how to register.
2018 Fishing Derby (PDF)
Anyone looking for information to provide to their physician explaining the health risks in the work environment, please click on the link below for a brief four-page booklet with prevention information for workers and a diagnostic toolkit for physicians and primary health providers.
Additional CWB test dates have been scheduled. Please see the training calendar for test dates and call the appropriate hall to book a time!
In 2018, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers will award a total of $12,000 in scholarships to Canadian students. To be eligible, the applicant must be a son, daughter, legally adopted child or dependent of a member in good standing. Applications are limited to high school seniors who will be entering their first year of academic study at a degree-granting, accredited college or university within one year of their highschool graduation.
Applications will be accepted between January 1, 2018 and March 1, 2018. Applications postmarked after the March 1, 2018 deadline cannot be considered.
For full scholarship rules and the application form, please click here (PDF).
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Local 555 member Dwayne Robert on December 27, 2017. To view the obituary, please click here.
New dates have been added for H2S Alive and Boilermaker All-in-One Fall Protection Training as follows.
H2S Alive training
Winnipeg
January 18
Boilermaker All-in-One Fall Protection
Winnipeg
January 30
January 31
February 1
Regina
January 23
January 24
January 25
Please call the appropriate Union Hall to register.
Local 555 offices will be closed from Friday, December 22nd for the Christmas Break and re-opening on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018.
Happy & Healthy Holidays.
CWB test dates have been scheduled. Please see the calender for test dates and call the appropriate hall to book a time!
All workers from Local 555 must fill out the following registration form prior to being dispatched for any Manitoba Power Dam new construction. The work sites are Keeyask Generating Station Project or Keewatinoow Converter Station. Please register for jobs that might arise within these work sites between now and anytime in the future. This job site will not accept any dispatched member from the Union Hall if the member has not registered prior to dispatch. Your name will stay in a pool of workers to be called from if any Boilermaker work arises for these Power Dam Sites.
Welding Instructors have been hired for both Regina & Winnipeg Training Centers effective December 4th. Please watch for CWB test dates to be announced soon.
