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New Canadians

As a New Canadian let Local 1 remove the risks of continuing or starting a trade in your new home.

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As a new Canadian Local 1 will help you with navigating the risk of looking for employment in a new country.

For new Canadians who have their trade tickets from their home country we can help navigate getting your ticket recognized here in Canada and get you connected with an employer.

For New Canadians who are looking to start an apprenticeship we can sign you up as an apprentice and get you connected with an employer so you can build your hours and experience to become a journeyperson.

Did you know?

Fun Fact

Union workers, on average, earn higher wages and get more benefits than workers who don’t have a voice on the job.

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Benefits for New Canadian Members

For new Canadian members having trade qualifications will give you a fruitful career within the trades:

A great wage

Safe work conditions

Health and welfare plan for your family

Building a pension for retirement


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Why Join

Join Local 1 to make your workplace better and negotiate
for the wages and benefits you deserve.

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Benefits

Great 
Benefits

As a worker, you have guaranteed rights to form or join a union, and bargain collectively with your employer. BAC Local 1 Alberta officers and staff are the representatives of the Union who help workers deal with unfair treatment, discrimination and other workplace issues. This helps balance the power that an employer has over individual employees.

 Better Opportunities

Better
Opportunities

Belonging to a union gives you rights under the law that you do not have as an individual. Once you have joined a union, your employer must bargain with your union over your wages, benefits, hours and working conditions. As a result, union workers, on average, earn higher wages and get more benefits than workers who don’t have a voice on the job.

 More Representation

More
Representation

Belonging to Local 1 as an apprentice means employers train you how to safely do your job, and as you advance from apprentice to journeyperson your wage will increase according to our contract (60% journeyperson rate at first year 80% at second and 90% at third year).

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Let us advocate for you.  Keeping you safer, healthier and able to enjoy a higher quality of life.  All working people should have the freedom to make their workplace better and negotiate for the wages and benefits you deserve.

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