SMWIA LOCAL 8

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA & NWT, CANADA

The Executive and Members of Sheet Metal Workers' Local # 8
welcome you to their web site and invite you to browse
our pages to learn more about the role of the
Union in the Sheet Metal trade.

WorldSkills Competition
is coming to Calgary in 2009

"From September 2-5, 2009, Calgary, Canada will host over 1000 competitors from 51 countries at the 2009 WorldSkills Competition. WorldSkills is the pinnacle of excellence in skilled trades and technologies training."

Check the WSCalgary2009 website for more information

Notice to Travellers (June 17, 2009)

Effective immediately if you do not show-up on the start date or quit a job you have been dispatched to, you will not be eligible for dispatch through Local # 8 for a period of 60 days afterward.

Douglas Worobetz
Business Manager / FST
SMWIA Local # 8

SWING STAGE COURSE to be held in Edmonton July 18th - contact Dan Palmerchuk at 780-426-3375,
extension 222, for further details.

Tired of Site Access Testing?

The Rapid Site Access Program is a voluntary alternative to site access testing whereby workers agree to be subject to random alcohol and drug testing while on site. (Random drug tests are performed via oral fluid
(sometimes referred to as “oral swab tests”)

In return, workers are dispatched directly to participating sites without having to submit to a site access test.

The program is available to travel cards and registration/enrollment is processed
regardless of whether or not you are currently employed.

To register online for the Rapid Site Access Program please proceed to http://www.rsap.ca
and click on the self registration menu item.

Upon receipt of your registration, a representative of Organizational Health Incorporated will contact you to enroll you in the system.

See here, for more information on the RSAP (Rapid Site Access Program)

PENSION PLAN Alberta Sheet Metal Retirement Trust Fund Plan booklets are available online		HEALTH & WELFARE Coughlin & Associates (claim forms)
Follow this link for a PDF format of the Canadian Model for Providing a Safe Workplace ALCOHOL & DRUG GUIDELINES AND WORK RULE	APPRENTICES: Check out Alberta Apprenticeship & Industry Training for scholarship info and other funding
Do you have past service with Local # 8? You may have pension moneys in the Alberta Sheet Metal Retirement Trust Fund. You can browse through the list to see if you may have benefits coming to you; or know of anyone who does.