Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! 🎄 
Sweaters are in!! ACTIVE Members are welcome to come & pick up their free sweater & choose between grey or black. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE! 🎅🏻🎄 #tellyourfellowbrothersandsisters #merrychristmas 
One more week to enter! 5 nonperishable food items or 1 new toy. All contributions will be donated to the Salvation Army. 
As we are all aware, current COVID restrictions have forced us here at Local 494 to cancel our annual Christmas Party and movie day. Local 494 will be holding a Christmas raffle for all ACTIVE members. To receive your raffle ticket, please bring a donation of 5 non perishable food items or a new unopened toy as these items will be donated to charity (1 ticket per member). The raffle will be held at 5:00pm on December 18th and will be broadcast on Facebook Live. 
Today at 494 we officially announced our partnership with the Greater Essex Co. District School Board. We were fortunate enough to have with us local Members of Parliament, representatives from the schoolboard, and our trusted union contractors. Thank you all who were able to make it out and show your support. @gecdsb @gecdsb__studentsuccess 
This is something that we here at Local 494 are beyond happy to talk about. We have partnered with the GECDSB Greater Essex Co. District School Board and have created an Enhanced Construction Program. With this partnership, we have started a High School program out of our union hall, allowing students to come to our training centre and attend school where they receive full High School credits. They are then placed with our contractors in hopes that they will get an apprenticeship right out of High School. This is allowing us to help the community as we are preparing the next generation of tradespeople. These students also receive their own tools helping better prepare them for their careers. Big thank you to HD Supply and Milwaukee Tool for helping us prepare these students. 
Local 494's website is currently undergoing some renovations. Stay tuned for an all new interactive website where members will be able to sign up for courses and pay dues online. 
We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday! Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦🎇 
PLEASE NOTE: Local 494’s Union Office will remain OPEN on July 1, 2020. • We will be observing the Canada Day holiday on Friday July 3, 2020; therefore, our office will be closed on this day. Please have a safe and enjoyable holiday! 🇨🇦🎇