January & February 2020 - OADC Bi-Monthly Newsletter
Learn more about what's happening in the industry with the
OADC January & February 2020 newsletter.
Welcoming a New Member
Meet TEAM Inc, a new Member of the OADC!
TEAM Inc. is a specialized multi–service provider with 150 locations globally. They support all industries, infrastructure, and utilities with NDE Inspection services, heat treating and mechanical services across Canada and worldwide. TEAM specializes in providing rope access solutions for contractors involved in demolition, abatement, and restoration projects.
TEAM helps their clients tackle hard-to-reach repairs, installations, demolitions and routine maintenance needs quickly and efficiently with their rope access maintenance services. Their stringent technician training requirements paired with specialized equipment helps them safely manage work-at-height solutions for highly unique activities that require work over water, in confined spaces, or on tall structures. TEAM’s technicians are highly trained and equipped to manage all applications on a variety of structures including cleaning, coating and painting, maintenance and repair services. Their rope access teams can be deployed quickly and effectively to areas without the time required for traditional scaffolding and without creating congestion below or above the work area. We’re pleased to welcome TEAM Inc. to the OADC! 

Learn more about TEAM:  www.teaminc.com
COCA News
The following Provincial and Government Legislation and Regulation updates were provided by our partner, COCA, for the months of January and February 2020.

COCA Newsletter
  • To read the January 2020 newsletter, click here.
  • To read the February 2020 newsletter, click here.

COCA Government Relations Report
  • To read the January 2020 Government Relations Report, click here.
  • To read the February 2020 Government Relations Report, click here.

COCA Report to the Membership
  • To read the January 2020 Report to the Membership, click here.

COCA recently became a non-financial supporter of Helmets to Hard Hats
  • Helmets to Hard Hats offers well deserved veterans and reservists more inclusive opportunities in the building trades.
  • To read the January report for Helmets to Hard Hats, click here.

If you have any questions or have any Provincial news that you would like reported to your organization, please contact Margaret Taylor, Executive Director, 416-684-9599 or mtaylor@oadc.ca.
Government of Ontario News
Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development Monthly Newsletter
  • To read the January 2020 newsletter, click here.

Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development Monthly Report
  • To read the January 2020 report, click here.
  • To read the February 2020 newsletter, click here.
Office of the Employer Advisor
Michael Zacks, Director and General Counsel, has shared an article about WSIB rejecting a Muskoka man's efforts to exchange opioids for cannabis.
  • Read the full article here.
About the Ontario Association of Demolition Contractors (OADC)
The Ontario Association of Demolition Contractors (OADC) is made up of employers who are actively engaged in the demolition and abatement industry and who have entered into a contract with the Labourer's International Union of North America. The main functions of the OADC are to act as a bargaining agency for the members during negotiations, to keep the membership informed about issues that may impact their business and to lobby the government and its agencies on behalf of the industry.

Visit our website to see a complete list of our current members or contact us .