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Ironworkers 97 donates $20k to locked out boilermakers
Ironworkers Local 97 is calling for an immediate end to the lockout of workers at…
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Ironworkers Local 97 statement on Premier David Eby’s new cabinet
Ironworkers Local 97 congratulates Premier David Eby and his newly appointed cabinet as they take…
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Changes to Temporary Foreign Workers Program Must Get to the Root of the Problem
Doug Parton, Business Manager and Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Ironworkers Local 97 made the following statement…
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Across Canada, Good-Paying Jobs Are Under Threat
From Windsor, Ontario to Maple Ridge, British Columbia, government programs and policies are failing the…
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Ironworkers Statement on the Minister’s Announcement of Changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program
Doug Parton, Business Manager and Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Ironworkers Local 97 made the following statement…
In Memoriam
Remembering our brothers and sisters
2026
| January 1 |
2025
| December 2 | Chris Freeman |
| November 24 | Peter Switlishoff |
| November 20 | Gord Royal |
| November 13 | Herman Steunenberg |
| November 2 | G. Sing Yee |
| October 29 | Chris Smigel |
| October 20 | Alex Mildenberger |
| October 14 | Vincent Rivera |
| October 13 | Peter Welygan |
| October 11 | Rudy Vallee |
| October 11 | Larry Trombley |
| September 27 | Garry Mitchell |
| September 16 | Lance Davies |
| September 14 | Fern Lemieux |
| September 10 | Don Geisser |
| September 5 | Wayne Cross |
| August 12 | Frank Boltezar |
| July 15 | John Fletcher |
| July 10 | Matthew Sabyan |
| June 16 | Harry Morfini |
| May 30 | Robert Morgan |
| May 4 | Clement Prefontaine |
| April 26 | Joshua Doran |
| March 20 | Victor Onufreychuk |
| March 15 | Helmut Lieback |
| February 16 | John Chibanoff |
| February 15 | Donald Preece |
| January 20 | Garry Davis |
| January 12 | Raymond Paul |
| January 12 | Murray Ross |
| January 4 | Robert Fradin |
| January 2 | John Makortoff |
| January 1 | Ted Tralenberg |
| January 1 | Brian Gettle |
2024
| December 30 | Danny Fischer |
| November 27 | Elmer Sorocan |
| November 4 | Mike Inkster |
| October 29 | Jadyn Archer |
| October 19 | Michael Kovacs |
| October 10 | John (Alan) Caulfield |
| September 30 | John Carvalho |
| September 1 | William Affleck |
| August 30 | Noel Stevens |
| August 19 | Ian Birkett |
| August 19 | Bill Brazier |
| August 9 | Sean Skinn |
| August 3 | John Gray |
| July 29 | McLeod Johnson |
| June 25 | Bob Aebig |
| June 20 | Alvin Auch |
| June 18 | Brian Hunter |
| May 9 | Laurence Baker |
| March 23 | Jose Moutinho |
| March 19 | McKay Innes |
| March 18 | Erik Hansen |
| March 7 | Stanko Kresina |
| March 6 | Edmond Knopf |
| February 3 | Horst Broscheit |
| January 21 | Archie Nielson |
| January 11 | Kevin Stoughton |
| January 8 | Jim Schreiner |
| January 3 | James Kennedy |
2023
| November 29 | Gordon Debad |
| November 18 | John Downing |
| November 7 | Larry Nilsson |
| October 18 | William Nixon |
| October 17 | Allen Thompson |
| October 1 | Isaac Jones |
| September 20 | Clarence Bohmer |
| September 17 | Doug Blake |
| July 19 | Bill McGiverin |
| July 15 | Jerry Donnelly |
| June 27 | Doug Geldart |
| June 19 | Steven Mcguire |
| June 7 | Kenneth Moffat |
| May 30 | Colin Barwick |
| May 25 | Jordan Foster |
| May 24 | Pierre Essiambre |
| May 21 | Mitch Jensen |
| May 5 | Clarence Roberts |
| April 13 | Walter Prok |
| April 13 | Hans Kriese |
| April 7 | Fred Morin |
| April 5 | Peter St. Dennis |
| March 19 | Brian Oleskiw |
| March 11 | Erwin Caldwell |
| February 20 | Rockwell Gertz |
| February 5 | Max Barrett Jr. |
| January 25 | Atle Mikalsen |
| January 16 | John Brown |
| January 8 | Lewis Dube |
2022
| December 16 | Eric Skinner |
| December 7 | Walter Flamand |
| November 15 | Daniel Ste. Marie |
| November 3 | Gary King |
| November 2 | Art Nesbitt |
| October 8 | Robert Cooke |
| October 2 | Charlie Kubik |
| October 1 | Peter Harrington |
| September 28 | Ron Chisholm |
| September 13 | Robert Tourond |
| August 11 | Robert Ogilvie |
| August 7 | Gus Gauvin |
| July 26 | Darcy Bolton |
| July 8 | Alcide Legere |
| June 27 | Grant Redden |
| June 24 | Paul Parent |
| June 11 | William Poncia |
| May 4 | Victor Boeur |
| May 2 | Brian Raynes |
| April 30 | Parker Wright |
| April 11 | James McDonald |
| April 10 | Douglas Ingleby |
| March 21 | Ben Thomas |
| March 21 | Nick Merluk |
| March 21 | Mike McGee |
| February 22 | Chris Bytelaar |
| February 1 | Rodney Rosevold |
| January 18 | Thaddeus Zentner |
| January 2 | Milton Leffler |
2021
| December 6 | Michael Barwell |
| December 6 | Gerry Goudreau |
| November 21 | Phil Holland |
| November 13 | Edward Dumont |
| October 1 | Gary Lavallee |
| October 1 | Dennis Drobot |
| August 19 | Dale Bears |
| August 12 | Otto Einfeldt |
| August 11 | Dale Bohmer |
| August 4 | Wayne Legarie |
| August 3 | David Herrington |
| July 9 | Howard Dempster Sr. |
| May 9 | Raymond Singbell |
| April 26 | Samuel Parkes |
| April 24 | Rick Rabey |
| April 11 | Gordon Maxwell |
| April 11 | Ted Baron |
| March 29 | Allan Courchene |
| March 8 | Dan Fiola |
| February 4 | Allen Brisson |
| January 11 | Alex Moricz |
| Janaury 2 | Wayne Cochrane |
2020
| December 19 | Louis Lauzier |
| December 18 | Ralph Tartaglia |
| December 7 | Emil Anderson |
| November 30 | Gordon Hodgson |
| November 26 | Tom Deacon |
| November 30 | Ken Olson |
| October 28 | Hugo Riske |
| September 29 | David Brunn |
| September 14 | Richard Huard |
| September 29 | David Webster |
| August 25 | Walter Turko |
| August 15 | Larry Dumais |
| August 5 | Hugh Shaw |
| July 16 | Ronald Carew |
| July 7 | Donald Vance |
| July 4 | Gordon Shepek |
| June 12 | Benjamin Duursma |
| June 10 | Rob Takhar |
| May 23 | Buddy Klimek |
| May 19 | Bill Callaghan |
| May 10 | Frank Makeiff |
| May 3 | Ernest Erickson |
| April 30 | Harold Cassidy |
| March 31 | Doug Raycraft |
| March 31 | Virgilio Dias |
| February 19 | Gino Costa |
| February 14 | James Evans |
| January 29 | Albert Bohmer |
| January 24 | Harvey Tigar |
2019
| December 12 | Kenneth Berger |
| December 8 | Terrence Phelan |
| December 2 | Gary Wenstob |
| November 15 | Pat McCann |
| November 11 | Thomas Kehoe |
| October 10 | Manuel Montez |
| October 2 | Deane Bateman |
| September 20 | Terrance Millar |
| September 18 | Harvey Skerratt |
| September 15 | Mel Hargas |
| August 23 | Peter Debad |
| August 12 | Ernie Gabbs |
| August 10 | Gerry Donders |
| July 31 | Yvon Gelinas |
| July 20 | Ken Franzen |
| June 20 | Henry Morey |
| June 10 | Glen Welch |
| June 5 | Zane Summers |
| March 24 | Bruce Strong |
| March 7 | Robert Aebig |
| February 23 | Norm Atkinson |
| February 21 | Sidney Whyte |
| February 12 | Walter Swyers |
| February 12 | Donald Linkletter |
| February 2 | Ivan Westcott Jr. |
| January 27 | Wayne Foot |
| January 13 | William Radies |
2018
| December 5 | Dave Robinson |
| November 17 | Donald MacDonald |
| November 9 | Romeo Piche |
| November 3 | Ray Fraser |
| October 22 | Kirk Thomson |
| October 21 | Bill Triplett |
| October 12 | Samir Shalaby |
| September 12 | Ronald Martin |
| September 7 | George Noble |
| September 4 | Stanley Gibson |
| August 22 | Vern Edwards |
| August 21 | Ali Cankaya |
| August 13 | Larry Larochelle |
| August 11 | Gary Poirier |
| August 11 | Robert Blake |
| July 28 | Lester Wiebe |
| July 24 | John Mayer |
| July 18 | William Moor |
| July 14 | William Husak |
| July 2 | Mike Muir |
| June 22 | Lloyd Wagner |
| June 21 | Wei-Che (Jackie) Huang |
| May 21 | Kerry Dempster |
| May 9 | Cornelius Van Ewyk |
| April 4 | Merv Black |
| March 31 | John Homenchuk |
| March 27 | Ken Davey |
| March 24 | Dennis Lalonde |
| March 5 | Terry McGuire |
| February 4 | Robert Ackles |
| February 3 | Dan David |
| January 29 | James Timmons |
| January 27 | Donald Goetken |
2017
| December 17 | Grant Williams |
| December 15 | Thomas Frauley |
| November 3 | Ron Furber |
| October 22 | Lance Theobald |
| October 12 | Rick Wiltse |
| September 3 | Grant Combs |
| August 23 | Walter Collinge |
| August 5 | Pat O’Sullivan |
| August 2 | Eberhard (Eby) Reisinger |
| July 29 | Paul Jmaeff |
| July 28 | Cyril Makortoff |
| July 27 | Stan Junglas |
| July 11 | Marcel Lavallee |
| June 24 | Kerry Quirk |
| June 24 | George Weavers |
| June 19 | Clifford Mayze |
| June 12 | Peter Purves |
| May 14 | David (Crockett) Milne |
| April 11 | Nathan Codron |
| April 8 | Walter Marusiak |
| March 17 | Mike Popoff |
| February 28 | Fred Thauberger |
| February 20 | Claude McDonald |
| February 17 | Ray Skea |
| February 19 | Maurice Kaufmann |
| January 26 | Richard Lucht |
| January 15 | Gunter Poppe Sr. |
| January 14 | Larry Milne |
| January 12 | Don Rivard |
| January 7 | John (Jack) Kealty |
| January 5 | Helmut (Homer) Loewen |
| January 2 | Walter Armstrong |
2016
| December 24 | Joseph Forgo |
| December 3 | Billy Bowles |
| September 24 | Dan Hamilton |
| August 15 | Joey Taylor (Waha) |
| August 12 | Sydney Green |
| August 10 | Etienne Jacques Morriseau |
| July 26 | Angus MacDonell |
| July 24 | Domenic Revilla |
| July 18 | Jim McGuire |
| July 16 | Frank Hurney |
| July 13 | Costec Chomenko |
| July 5 | Gary Higgs |
| June 10 | Tom Gribbon |
| June 2 | Robert Switzer |
| May 29 | Joseph Menczell |
| May 28 | Phil Bailey |
| May 20 | Walter Mudry |
| April 29 | Sudki Sweiss |
| March 12 | Harry Weston |
| March 3 | Tony Bower |
| February 6 | Wayne Vallee |
| February 4 | Ermile Gionet |
| February 4 | Ken Armstrong |
| January 29 | Albert Zgrablic |
| January 18 | Robert Rande |
| January 1 | Frank McGinley |
2015
| December 14 | Andrew Mate |
| December 2 | Heinz Miles |
| December 2 | Duncan Harry |
| November 24 | Bob L’Hirondelle |
| November 11 | Bert Santucci |
| November 6 | Ronald Milligan |
| October 14 | Paul Street |
| September 23 | Joe Irving |
| September 3 | Andy Morneau |
| July 13 | Dan Dewalt |
| July 10 | Fred Keller |
| June 22 | Jarod Lloyd |
| June 11 | Ernest Chartrand |
| June 7 | Rolland Duquette |
| May 26 | Robert Carr |
| March 14 | Gerard Legere |
| March 12 | Ken O’Neil |
| February 17 | Wayne Hindson |
| February 10 | Heinz Leber |
| January 15 | Ian Drysdale |
2014
| December 25 | Raymond Marshall |
| December 2 | Sterling Kelly |
| November 25 | Ken Marshall |
| November 23 | Alvie (Tiny) Barton |
| November 17 | Erwin Giller |
| November 17 | Thomas Thomson |
| November 13 | Dave Quirk |
| October 8 | Oiva Pohjola |
| October 6 | Laurence O’Reilly |
| July 11 | Allan Harris |
| July 8 | David Morin |
| July 7 | Lawrence Cardinal |
| July 6 | Anie Lucht |
| June 10 | Hank Williams |
| May 12 | Ken Leight |
| May 1 | Quin Miller |
| April 30 | William Murphy |
| April 24 | James (Jim) Blair |
| April 5 | Leslie Haldane |
| April 2 | Roy Harden |
| March 15 | Zoltan Schmidshofer |
| February 11 | Maurice (Moe) Meir |
| January 12 | Joseph Berard |
| January 11 | Lea Frank Zaretsky |
| January 3 | James Cameron |
| January 1 | Doug Moraes |
2013
| December 31 | Arnold Moffatt |
| December 23 | John Merlux |
| December 13 | Paul Fairclough |
| December 6 | Jim Nichols |
| October 28 | Thomas S. Wood |
| October 6 | Joe Revesz |
| September 21 | Arthur Cam Paterson |
| September 20 | Ed Butler |
| September 14 | Ryan Adams |
| August 28 | Stan Botterill |
| May 16 | Gordon (Haywire) McDonald |
| May 12 | Frank Billings |
| May 7 | Bud Chambers |
| April 8 | Conrad Saumur |
| February 27 | Alexande Gagnon |
| February 25 | Otto Standal |
| February 19 | Doug Harwood |
| February 10 | Earl Ross |
| February 6 | John DeJong |
| January 12 | Andrew Tofin |
2012
| December 10 | Randy Herbst |
| December 8 | Donald Callow |
| December 8 | Alfred Seymour |
| November 12 | Roy Fortin |
| November 9 | Dan Rhodes |
| November 8 | Larry Dumore |
| November 5 | Matt O’Toole |
| October 8 | Victor Cavaleri |
| October 8 | James Watt |
| October 2 | Vic Laleune |
| August 14 | Mike Davidson |
| August 6 | Peter Maximchuk |
| July 19 | Marvin Ast |
| June 14 | Ken Collard |
| June 8 | Rick Sedan |
| May 4 | Craig Johnson |
| April 2 | Russ (Lucky) Batchelor |
| January 6 | Dale Martin |
2011
| December 9 | Dennis Crawford |
| November 28 | Dan Wood |
| November 19 | Henry Soldan |
| November 18 | Paul Forgues |
| October 21 | James Hays |
| September 26 | Don Heron |
| September 13 | Bill Mitchell |
| September 7 | Leo Parent |
| August 2 | Manuel Fidalgo |
| July 7 | Henry Klymchuk |
| June 18 | Edmund Becker |
| May 24 | Jay Lee Holliday |
| May 18 | Gavin Gould |
| May 10 | Howa Plester |
| May 8 | Jean Gregoire |
| May 4 | Lloyd Dick |
| May 24 | George Zibin |
| March 7 | Henry Vivier |
| February 27 | Bill Falk |
| February 10 | Harvey Henrickson |
| January 31 | Lonnie Popoff |
2010
| December 10 | Bob Borik |
| November 21 | Ken Svensrud |
| September 25 | Dwayne Zarr |
| September 20 | Marc Paulin |
| August 19 | Gordon Field Jr. |
| July 28 | Harold Calhoun |
| May 14 | Harvey Merke |
| May 13 | Stan Mazur |
| April 24 | Orest Verones |
| April 24 | Stan Nikipelo |
| April 18 | Jack Lacasse |
| April 9 | Walter (Tiny) Hicks |
| April 2 | Jamie Boutin |
| March 18 | Art Pilon |
| March 13 | Abert (Bulldog) Charron |
| February 28 | Adam Monks |
| January 27 | Ray Hadden |
| January 19 | John Corbett |
2009
| November 15 | Emil Felow |
| November 12 | Darwin (Scooter) Sutherland |
| November 7 | Orlando Marini |
| September 13 | G.W. (Bill) Williams |
| September 9 | James English |
| July 22 | David Marr |
| June 23 | Alex Witwicki |
| May 31 | Jordan Evans |
| May 28 | John Thome |
| April 25 | Les Styles |
| April 22 | Edwa Sweetapple |
| April 11 | Ron McIsaac |
| March 11 | Ron Molnar |
| February 15 | Al Charbonneau |
| January 28 | Lawrence R. Prince |
| January 1 | Frank Bohmer |
2008
| December 15 | Austin Shea |
| December 2 | Edsel A. Jones |
| November 11 | Kenneth Jeffries |
| November 8 | Dennis Higgins |
| November 2 | John (Blackie) Butula |
| October 25 | Wayne Quesnelle |
| October 3 | Fred Ferguson |
| January 21 | Andy Slobodian |
| Joe Wilson |
2007
| November 4 | John Kahler |
