That's good!! Keep your turf! it gets ugly real fast. They are trying to replace us with two tactics here, same as you they replace us with with non-union but they are a joke and generally end up getting skidded, the other is they put all the shutdowns out at once causing our union to get outside guys and to prove that that they need the cheaper temporary foreign workers but the odd day off members might get the non ticketed workforce get hurt pretty bad because they work us to the legal 24 days strait and there is no experience left on site for our mandatory days off they got some pretty serious injuries because they don't know how to use dangerous tools so now they have inspectors that randomly come for a visit and check qualifications because we are compulsory(nobody enforced it until now). It will be a slow win up here, but every bit helps. Since they tax the air here (carbon tax) and pipeline drama there isn't new investment in the region. Things are pretty ugly for now but hopefully it will pass. I'm looking at other options tho, for now I'm waiting on the powerhouse to go down (end of this month).

I think unions are getting beat up just abut anywhere these days, they need to be reminded of the specialized skilled work force we provide. right now they keep lowering our pay and benefits and our spineless leaders sign everything away behind our backs and get raises and promoted while we bite the dust. We don't have the right to strike because we are an essential service. I say it's wildcat time, but all the members do is complain and no action and back stab each other or the membership by secretly working non-union.