The Building Union of Canada

JANUARY 2019 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA 5 ciation and consultant to the Christian Labour Association of Canada. Partnership When we spoke with Stephen Bromell, co-founder and Secretary Treasure of the BUC (and Craig’s brother), one of the first thing mentioned is his family. He has been married for 29 years and has been blessed with five chil- dren, and he knows first-hand these responsibilities are shared by the men and women in the BUC. As a construction manager, Bromell spent a lot of time on the road between Windsor, Ottawa, and north of Timmins. It was during his time he was able to form a grassroot under- standing of the needs of those who make up the construction industry and what they did and didn’t want from a union. “There is a misconception that union density in the construction industry is high, when in fact only between 25 and 30 per cent of construction workers are in a union,” says Bromell. “Many people would say they felt like they worked for the union, not for their employer, and it became clear to me that employees wanted a partnership between union, them- selves and their employers.”