, which is an all-employee bargaining unit,
trades and stay gainfully employed the whole
tive union like CLAC to come into the oil
sands. In the last 10 to 15 years, we have
been building at least half of the oil sands
construction projects,” Prentice said.
CLAC’s presence in B.C. grew to great new
heights with the arrival of the 2010 Winter
Olympics. The infrastructure development
around this major event—the Sea-to-Sky
Highway, Sky Train LRT, Convention Cen-
tre, and Olympic Oval—gave CLAC the op-
portunity to be involved in major projects.
CLAC represented over 1,300 workers to
build the Port Mann Bridge, a project that
has been highlighted in Popular Mechan-
ics as one of the top 25 most impressive
megaprojects globally.
CLAC’S PRIORITIES:
CREATING BENEFITS AND
RESOLVING LABOUR ISSUES
With training centres located across the
country, CLAC offers top-tiered training
programs that allow its members to spe-
cialize in more than one craft. Some folks,
Prentice explained, who are trained in car-
pentry, will be a carpenter for their whole
life, but there isn’t always enough work to
go around. This is why some CLAC trades,
like carpenters for example, also have
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