Wednesday, May 19th Update
We have been contacted by Business Manager Bill Springs of Local 110 in Edmonton concerning work in Canada. L.M.O.s are being sent out now for the first group of American workers being hired. As of now, the offer on the table is the expense money and no motel room is being offered at this time. I will find out what the pay rate being paid as well as the expense rate is and post it on this page as soon as I get this information. You can also go to www.insulators110.com and read what they have posted on their site for up to date information. What this means is that you are on your own as far as locating a motel to stay at and you should also consider driving to Canada instead of flying as some of us did in the past. They are supposedly providing bus transportation from certain locations to and from the job.but that should all be spelled out in their web site. What all this means is that you will need to take considerably more cash with you than you would if you were being offered the motel room instead of receiving expenses on your check.
We will be making arrangements with a motel near the job and put this information on this web page as soon as we have the arrangements made. If any of you remember how I made arrangements for people to have a place to go when Diablo Canyon was going on, we are going to try to do the same thing in this case and I will post this information on this web page when we have the reservations made.
I have checked the latest update on the Local 110 website and as far as I can tell, The base rate on the check including the pension is $45.06. On top of that is Vacation and Holiday pay of $4.51, Health and Welfare of $1.50, PITT of $0.50 and training of $0.25 making the total as $51.82. I am not clear on whether the difference between $45.06 and $51.82 will be paid on the check.
We are also attempting to arrange a special rate for rooms at the Ramada Inn where we stayed in the past by getting all the Americans to stay at that hotel.
Saint Louis Local 1 should need close to 100 travelers within the next couple of weeks.
We will be making arrangements with a motel near the job and put this information on this web page as soon as we have the arrangements made. If any of you remember how I made arrangements for people to have a place to go when Diablo Canyon was going on, we are going to try to do the same thing in this case and I will post this information on this web page when we have the reservations made.
I have checked the latest update on the Local 110 website and as far as I can tell, The base rate on the check including the pension is $45.06. On top of that is Vacation and Holiday pay of $4.51, Health and Welfare of $1.50, PITT of $0.50 and training of $0.25 making the total as $51.82. I am not clear on whether the difference between $45.06 and $51.82 will be paid on the check.
We are also attempting to arrange a special rate for rooms at the Ramada Inn where we stayed in the past by getting all the Americans to stay at that hotel.
Saint Louis Local 1 should need close to 100 travelers within the next couple of weeks.
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