Construction Labour Relations of BC (CLR) and the BC Building Trade Unions (BCBCBTU) Negotiation Board both ratified the Comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (WHO) on November 15, 2017. As a result, the negotiated amendments to the Memorandum of Understanding (TLMOA) that came into force in May 2016 were ratified by members, as well as the recently negotiated WHO amendments, negotiated at the main table. The main table (WHO) applies to all founding unions of LA BCBCBTU, including IBEW, through the Inside Wiremen`s Agreement; Together, WHO and IBEW TLMOA form the negotiated amendments to the Inside Wiremen`s Agreement for this round of collective bargaining. Members should consider proposals for the next round of collective bargaining. John Pesa`s proposals can be submitted by email jpesa@ibew213.org for the next round. Our annual meeting to discuss the plan issues will take place immediately after the closing of the BCBCBTU in December 2019, in order to obtain ratification for BC construction, is by a double majority, which means that the majority of the members of all BCBCBTU components and the majority of the BCBCBTU Union must vote in favour of an overall ratification threshold. In addition, companies that are members of construction relations (CLR), which represent contractors, must also ratify the collective bargaining process. This report provides a summary of benefits and includes audits of wellness and retirement plans for the final fiscal year from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. This year, we paid $1,928,488.25 in premiums to the BC Medical Services Plan for primary health care.
These monthly premiums are a taxable benefit for fiscal year 2019 and a T4A for these and other taxable benefits will be sent to membership in 2020. Members of the four bc manufacturers (213, 230, 993 and 1003) voted to ratify the negotiated amendments to the Inside Wiremen`s Agreement. BC IBEW Locals are a union that establishes the BC Building Trades Unions (BCBCBTU) in accordance with its Constitution, and the BCBCBTU is a union council in accordance with Section 41 of the Industrial Relations Act. BCBCBTU represents 15 construction unions as bargaining partners for 48 collective agreements. A list of collective agreements is published on the www.clra-bc.com website. Rehabilitation plan benefits are made available free of charge to members who have contributions through their collective agreements. BCBCBTU 2016 – 2019 collective agreements will expire on April 30, 2019. The parties are expected to begin negotiations on a protocol for the next round of negotiations one year before the end of the year, probably in spring 2018. Over the next few months, the amendments will be incorporated into the collective agreement and will require reading and signature from the parties involved.
After the signing of the collective agreement 2016 – 2019, it will be published in the reference library on the www.ibew213.org website. Benefits are paid on the fourth day of illness and the first day of an accident at work. Benefits are not paid until the first day you are seen by a doctor. An applicant must not be able to practice a profession and the disability requires full-time supervision of a physician recognized by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.