Union-Management Partnership

The Canadian Pipeline Advisory Council (CPAC) is a not for profit corporation comprised of five members (four pipeline craft unions and the PLCAC) operationally managed by an equally represented union/management Board of Directors. The Council acts to settle matters of dispute which may arise and other matters concerning the harmonious relationship between the PLCAC and the four pipeline craft unions; and to support pipeline owning enterprises within Canada to develop an sustain safe and responsible pipeline construction, operations and maintenance operations in the national public interest.

CPAC Members are:
Laborer’s International Union of North America (LiUNA)
United Association (UA)
International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)
Teamsters Canada
Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada (PLCAC)

There are presently twelve collective agreements administered by the PLCAC that cover the type of work performed by regular member firms of the Association in Canada.

Canadian Pipeline Advisory Council

Since 1969, the Canadian Pipeline Advisory Council (CPAC) has provided ongoing labour relations innovation, leadership and stability in the Canadian pipeline construction industry, through a joint union-management body made up of PLCAC senior officers and senior international union representatives from the four pipeline craft trades, which:

Maintain harmonious relations through mutual respect, active joint-governance and collaboration;
Maintain an expedited Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism called the Pipeline Industry Grievance Panel (PIGP);
Participate in industry-funded Training Trust Fund facilities for pipeline-specific craft and trade skills training across provinces;
Assure security of skilled labour and services for pipeline construction and renewal projects throughout co-operative approaches to pre-project engagement, planning and coordination;
Review jurisdictional disputes as they arise and are related to the assignment of work, and facilitates steady work continuation without slow down and/or work stoppage;
Participate in industry promotion and outreach with stakeholders including client, government, Indigenous and public engagement;
Provide industry career pathway tools and tool kits for educators, labour and member firms; and
Sustain industry development activities through an employer contribution as based on the hours worked under pipeline agreements.