🇨🇦 Dir. of Gov’t Relations at @IBEWCanada, Red Seal Electrician, Board Member @ClimateInstit Views & tweets are my own.
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Matt Wayland retweeted
9 Jan 2024
DOCUMENTS: Public utility Hydro Ottawa keeps $669,762 worth of secrets, demands largest ever #cdnfoi fee for records on hiring replacement workers in 2023 strike.
UNLOCKED blacklocks.ca/utility-keeps-…
@IBEWLocal636 @IBEWCanada @PresidentCLC #cdnpoli #onpoli
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Matt Wayland retweeted
19 Dec 2023
Don't believe anyone who says the key to economic growth is tax cuts for the wealthy. The secret to prosperity is investment in American workers. When workers have more to spend, the economy grows, and businesses create more jobs. It's a simple formula.
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Matt Wayland retweeted
7 Dec 2023
Here are 5 totally made up "crises" you might hear about at tonight's GOP debate. Prepare yourself.
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6 Dec 2023
ALT A burning candle on a black background, next to a list of names in white text, which reads: Sonia Pelletier Anne-Marie Edward Anne-Marie Lemay Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Daigneault Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Michèle Richard Maud Haviernick Maryse Leclair Maryse Laganière
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5 Dec 2023
I’m honoured to be appointed by Ministers @SeamusORegan and @R_Boissonnault to the Union-led advisory table & represent @IBEW 🇨🇦 members and all workers across the country. #LetsGetToWork #IBEW #canlab @IBEWCanada @CanadianLabour @CDNTrades
5 Dec 2023
O'Regan establishes new union-led advisory table to give workers a 'seat at the table' | @iPoliticsCA
ipolitics.ca/2023/12/05/oreg…
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9 Sep 2023
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to meet & walk the picket line with some of my sisters & brothers from IBEW Local 636. They have been on strike at Hydro Ottawa over 70 days now & their strength & solidarity continues to grow.
#solidarity #onedaylongeronedaystronger #IBEW
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Matt Wayland retweeted
26 Aug 2023
As Labour Day approaches let's amplify the voices of all workers who dare to challenge injustice and rise to be catalysts for positive change.
Port, hospitality workers, Metro, TVO, nurses, teachers, public service more.
@hydroottawa members on day 60 stand with you. #Respect
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Matt Wayland retweeted
3 Aug 2023
Since 2018, the # of @hydroottawa powerline techs has decreased from 115 to <70 today.
With an aging power grid and more severe weather events, crews are stretched thin.
@ottawacity reliability rests on the expertise of #IBEW workers on #StrikeDay37.
#safetyisserious #onstorm
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Matt Wayland retweeted
20 Jul 2023
1 Email or tweet @hydroottawa, @_MarkSutcliffe or your @ottawacity councillor that you support the people who, despite safety issues, having their wages frozen and being understaffed, have worked every major storm and power outage
2 Honk your horn when you see workers picketing
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Matt Wayland retweeted
18 Jul 2023
With over $100 billion being invested in battery and EV manufacturing, a net-zero electricity grid, charging stations, zero-emission transit and many more climate action projects, we're creating thousands of jobs that will help power our transition to a net-zero economy.
ALT Minister Qualtrough is standing in the middle of a large audience. She is holding a microphone.
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Matt Wayland retweeted
3 Jul 2023
FACT CHECK
@hydroottawa’s CEO says our safety concerns aren't valid. We take issue with this & some of his other recent statements.
Hydro workers know too well what tragedies can occur when safety isn't taken seriously.
A short thread.
#safetyisnotspaghetti
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15 Jun 2023
I was proud to represent @IBEW 🇨🇦 members today as the Gov’t tabled the Sustainable Jobs Act. They worked with unions & @NDP to ensure workers are at the centre of this policy & that jobs in the net-zero future are good paying jobs for all Canadians. #LetsGetToWork ⚡️ #IBEW
15 Jun 2023
Today, Minister Wilkinson introduced the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, a bill that will help ensure Canadian workers and every region of Canada can seize the economic opportunities of a net-zero future.
Learn more: ow.ly/jogl50OPKlV
@ESDC_GC #SustainableJobs
ALT Photo of Minister Wilkinson introducing the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act.
ALT Photo of Larry Rousseau from CLC, Steven Schuman from IOUE, Bea Bruske from CLC, Matt Wayland from IBEW, Gavin McGarrigle from Unifor.
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30 May 2023
It’s great to be back to Ottawa this week with #NewEconomyCanada. A group of businesses, labour organizations including the @IBEW, Indigenous leaders, & sectoral experts to show our collective strength in the industry & ensure our country’s long term competitiveness 1/2
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across industrial sectors.
You can read more on the initiative below
#NewEconomyCanada #NouvelleEconomieCanada #cdnpoli #IBEW #SkilledTrades
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Matt Wayland retweeted
29 May 2023
We are proud to be working with the New Economy Canada movement. Participants know Canadian industries must work together to fully benefit from Canada’s transition to a strong, decarbonized economy. #CDNpoli theglobeandmail.com/business…
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Matt Wayland retweeted
9 May 2023
"We have an opportunity to bring manufacturing jobs back to Canada and have them be good, union jobs. We can build a better middle class & lift everyone up."
#LiftingEveryoneUp #CLC2023
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Matt Wayland retweeted
9 May 2023
"We have a real opportunity to make sure we have a good energy mix in this country & have a plan going forward that includes workers."
@_Matt_Wayland talks about the work @IBEWCanada is doing to ensure their workers are the best-trained as our economy shifts. #CLC2023 #CanLab
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9 May 2023
Well said Daniel. It represents so much more….
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Matt Wayland retweeted
29 Mar 2023
Not sure there’s anybody better to be having a pint with to celebrate the transformational electricity progress in #Budget2023 than Russ Shewchuk, Int VP and head of @IBEWCanada #cdnpoli @ClimateInstit
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6 Feb 2023
Back in Ottawa this week representing the #IBEW at the @CanadianLabour Congress Canadian Council meeting today and upcoming Lobby Day tomorrow on Parliament Hill. #IBEW #canlab
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