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Carpenters build for construction boom
EDMONTON - A $21-million new training centre and talk of long-term partnerships with "clients" -- welcome to the carpenters union of the new millennium as it positions itself as a major stakeholder in the booming construction industry.
"Times have changed, and we`re not the union of old," says Martyn Piper, executive secretary-treasurer of the
Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters and Allied Workers, which has 11,500 members.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news...7a-43f6d404672b
Carpenters build for construction boom
EDMONTON - A $21-million new training centre and talk of long-term partnerships with "clients" -- welcome to the carpenters union of the new millennium as it positions itself as a major stakeholder in the booming construction industry.
"Times have changed, and we`re not the union of old," says Martyn Piper, executive secretary-treasurer of the
Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters and Allied Workers, which has 11,500 members.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news...7a-43f6d404672b