Walter Doskoch
Walter Doskoch, son of a blue-collar Edmonton Communist labour organizer, became a militant blue-collar Edmonton Communist labour organizer himself. His parents were Ukrainian immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Desmond Francis
Desmond Francis is a veteran pipefitter/foreman, building trades union official, and community advocate.
Simon S. Hosein
Simon S. Hosein is a Caribbean-trained welder who owns his own mobile welding unit and services rural and remote locations.
Jack Hubler
Jack Hubler served as business agent for the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local Union 488 for 20 years.
Alanna Marklund
Journeyperson welder, member of UA Local 488; UA Canada, national manager for youth, diversity, and Indigenous relations.
Monica Santiago
Monica Santiago, who joined her husband Frank in Fort McMurray in 1967, describes the harsh conditions of family life in the early days of the establishment of the oilsands industry.
Desmond Thomas
Desmond Thomas is an Indigenous member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union, Local 488, who benefited from an Indigenous-run program that works with the trades unions to provide an entry into the trades for Indigenous people.
Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson is a pressure welder and journeyman welder who has served as a job steward and business agent for the Pipefitters Union.