History

1980's

The APEA had the following characteristics:

Was passive in its approach to labour/management relations
Was reactive to Company changes that affected the membership
Had a family style organization -was the child to the parent (Alberta Power Ltd)
Executive Council was made up of two representatives from each district – Chairman & Councillor
Although most of the decisions were made by Executive Council in Edmonton, and not closer to the work and issues it was mainly an information sharing body

Late 1989

The Executive Council hired a change management consultant to assist the APEA with the organizational change process: "Drivers for Organizational Change"

APEA wanted to be more active in labour relations with AlbertaPower Ltd and other labour organizations
APEA wanted to be more engaged with the membership
APEA wanted to ensure that theyretained the values the APEA had developed over the years

1998

ATCO Corporate rebranded and restructured all of its holdings, including Alberta Power Ltd.

The Alberta Power Employees Association achieved federal jurisdiction as a bargaining agent under the name Canadian Energy Workers Association (CEWA) to allow for representation of members in other parts of Canada.

1999

As Canadian Energy Workers Association (CEWA), An Ad-hoc ‘Restructure Committee’ was formed to work on:

The CEWA organizational structure
Creating Chapters that aligned with the new Corporate structure
The Bylaws and Policies

2008

CEWA recruited and hired a Labour Relations Officer

The CEWA Executive Board,seeing the increase inmembership and workload, andwith the duty of fair representationin mind, determined thatadditional skills and staff wererequired to appropriately managethe work in the CEWA office.

2011

CEWA President is renamed to CEWA Business Manager

2012

CEWA became the bargaining agent for the employees who work for Northland Utilities (NWT) Limited, located in Hay River and amalgamated that group of members with Chapter 104, Northland Utilities (Yellowknife) Limited.

The membership of Yukon electrical Employees’ Association (YEEA) voted to merge with CEWA.

2013

Chapter 101 represents the employees of ATCO Electric Ltd

The districts are Bonnyville, Drumheller, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Head Office Construction, Lloydminster, Peace River and Slave Lake

Chapter 102 represents the employees of ATCO Power Ltd

The districts are Battle River,Sheerness and Edmonton/Calgary (which includes G.T. & Hydro)

Chapter 104 represents the employees of Northland Utilities (Hay River)

Chapter 107 represents the employeesof Yukon Electric Company Limited

The CEWA Executive positions of CEWA Business Manager, CEWA Vice-President, and CEWA Secretary-Treasurer are elected by the membership at large for a three year term.

2019

New Chapter (103) formed with the creation of CU Inc ATCO Power sold, now Heartland Generation Ltd

Today

The Chapter Officer positions of President, Vice-President/Treasurer, Communication Officer, Directors are elected by their Chapter membership for a two year term.

The Director and as many Councilors as are deemed necessary by the Chapter represent the membership in each district

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