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The roots of the Power Workers' Union go back to 1944, with the formation of the Employees' Association at Ontario Hydro. Eleven years later, in 1955, the Association became the Ontario Hydro Employees' Union and joined the National Union of Public Service Employees, which merged with the National Union of Public Employees in 1963 to form the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Canada's largest union.
Our present name - the Power Workers' Union was adopted in 1993.
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The Power Workers' Union is the union of choice for the vast majority of workers in Ontario's Power Production.
Membership of the PWU averaged 15,000 in 2002. Our members work throughout Ontario and make up a large majority of the employees at Ontario Power Generation, Bruce Power, TransAlta in Ottawa, Northwind Power, Mississagi Power, Hydro One and affiliate companies, the Electrical Safety Authority as well as the Independent Market Operator. The union also represents workers at local distribution companies throughout the province, as well as local cable and telephone companies, the County of Brant, Kinectrics, New Horizon System Solutions, Inergi, operators at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. as well as casual employees through PWU hiring hall agreements.
The Power Workers now have over 40 Collective Agreements where less than ten short years ago we had only one.
The union is led by a President and 3 Vice Presidents who are elected for four-year terms. These officers support and direct an extensive network of stewards throughout the province. In fact, the PWU has one of the highest proportion of stewards to members of any union in Canada - nearly one member in nine is a front-line representative, which accounts for the exceptional degree of solidarity displayed by PWU membership in recent years.
The PWU owns its own headquarters in Toronto and maintains a professional support staff of 31.
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The Power Workers' Union is affiliated to CUPE. Through CUPE, the PWU is affiliated to the Canadian Labour Congress. The PWU is also directly affiliated to the Ontario Federation of Labour and nearly 50 local Labour Councils throughout the province.
We also have valuable partnerships and jurisdictional accords with the relevant construction unions that work in our industry.
We have partnerships with the Labourers International Union of North America and the Canadian Union of Skilled Workers for the supply of skilled workers to our employers through our Hiring Hall Agreements.
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Steward Basic Training Level 1 will be held on February 8-10, 2010 at 234 Eglinton Ave. E, Toronto 3rd Floor
Member Awareness Session will be held on February 18-19, 2010 at 234 Eglinton Ave. E, Toronto 3rd Floor
Member Awareness Session will be held on March 1-2, 2010 at 234 Eglinton Ave. E, Toronto 3rd Floor
Stewards Advanced Training Level 2 will be held on March 10-12, 2010 at 234 Eglinton Ave. E, Toronto 3rd Floor
Member Awareness Session will be held on March 29-30, 2010 at 234 Eglinton Ave. E, Toronto 3rd Floor
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