Due to inclement weather, Irving Shipbuilding's Halifax Shipyard, CSC Bayer's Lake, Marine Fabricators, and Woodside Industries are closed today, 13 February 2019, for day shift (0730-1600) and night shift (1600-2400).
Halifax Shipyard will be closing for the holidays December 21, 2018 and reopening January 2, 2019. Local 1 employees are being given two options to qualify for statutory holiday pay for the holidays:
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In the wake of ratifying the new Collective Agreement we understand that there are a lot of questions about what ratification means and what comes next. Here is some information intended to answer those questions.
Today, June 25, 2018, members of Unifor Local 1 voted in favour of ratifying a new four year collective agreement with Halifax Shipyard.
From assembling the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, to welcoming over 4,000 visitors during our Community Open House, it was a big year at the Halifax Shipyard. See the highlights in our 2017 Year in Review.
Halifax Shipyard will continue matching RRSP contributions on overtime pay until negotiations for the new collective agreement are concluded.
Halifax Shipyard’s facility modernization and the building of six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) is expected to boost economic activity across Canada by $3.42 billion between 2013 and 2022, according to a Conference Board of Canada report.
Scheduled conciliation meetings between the Halifax Shipyard and Unifor Local 1 bargaining committee concluded yesterday.
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I would like to set the record straight following the recent derogatory commentary published in the Chronicle Herald on the National Shipbuilding Strategy and our workforce at Halifax Shipyard, by Chairman of Davie Shipbuilding Alex Vicefield.