Employer Benefits
The Mainland Nova Scotia Building Trades’ mandate is to supply our partner contractors and owners, professional, skilled tradespeople to ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently and with high standards quality. We provide worker stability, and a ready skilled labour supply that responds effectively to changing labour demands.
There are many employer benefits of unions and unionization. Below are just a few:
- Productivity
- Safer workforce
- Skilled workforce
- Flexible workforce size
- Uniform benefit administration
- Mobility
- Worker retention
- Dispute resolution process
- Market opportunities
Nova Scotia’s construction sector is one of the province’s key economic drivers, amounting to a $4 billion dollar a year industry. But most significant is that the Unionized Building Trades includes over 12,000 professional tradespeople, including 3,000 apprentices.
Build Right Nova Scotia is a partnership between professional unionized tradespeople and contractors created to promote and celebrate the contributions we make to Nova Scotia.
Fast Facts
Ontario’s Unionized ICI Construction Industry is 31% safer in comparison to non-Union firms. Source: Institute for Work and Health, 2020. Updating a Study of the Union Effect on Safety in the ICI Construction Sector.
What contributes to the Union Safety Effect? Annual investment in specialized apprenticeship, upgrade and safety training; State-of-the-Art Training Centres – ensuring union tradespeople have the skills required for productive and safe worksites.
Looking for more information on the benefits of hiring union? Contact Brad Smith at 902-450-1012 or send Brad an email.
