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Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services (KKETS) and Labourers’ International Union of America, Local Union 607 to Sign Agreement

Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services (KKETS) and Labourers’ International Union of America, Local Union 607 to Sign Agreement

THUNDER BAY, ON – Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services (KKETS) and the Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local Union 607 (LiUNA!) will host a signing ceremony for an agreement to be signed on August 28, 2018 at the KKETS office in the traditional territory of Fort William First Nation.

Officials from LiUNA Local Union 607 and KKETS will be in attendance.

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Members of the media are cordially invited to attend.

Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Location: KKETS office (3rd Floor), 28 Cumberland Street North, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Time: 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

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For more information, please contact Carol Audet, Matawa Communications Manager at (807) 632-9663 or by email at caudet@matawa.on.ca.

Established in 2012, KKETS is an Aboriginal Skills Employment Training Holder for Matawa First Nations. It assists Matawa members in attaining trades skills and other training including independent programming, employment integration, employment readiness/life skills training, basic employment certifications, and academic upgrading. Follow them on Facebook at: Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services – KKETS

Labourers International Union of North America, Local 607 is a construction craft union located in Thunder Bay and affiliated with the Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) that represents, inter alia, union construction workers. Like them on Facebook (Liuna Local 607)