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players together, conducted important industry develop and deliver apprenticeship training as well
research and promoted the value of unionized ICI as health and safety and skills upgrade training.
construction. One of the most notable changes
the industry has witnessed since those turbulent Employers engaged in these Funds are able
years in the 1970s has been the evolution of the to convey their need for specific skills around
labour and management partnership – both parties equipment and procedures that will keep them
working together to create a strong unionized up-to-date and competitive. The annual training
sector. spend by these Trust Funds approaches $40 million
– exclusive of capital investments in facilities and
One example of that partnership is the jointly equipment – and more than 95 training centres
established Training Trust Funds that are used to have been created by these partnerships throughout
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