IEC mourns losses of Ray Curran and Andy Pilat

The Sarnia-Lambton Industrial Educational Corporation (IEC) joins the Sarnia Construction Association (SCA), the Sarnia Building and Construction Trades Council, and the entire Sarnia-Lambton area in mourning the passing of IEC Board members Ray Curran and Andy Pilat in January 2022.

Ray was President and a Board member, including a founding contractor member, of the SCA. Ray became the first Chairman of the Labour Relations Council. In his capacity as Chair of the SCA Labour Relations Council, Ray was a proponent of sound labour relation practices and a proponent of maintaining good relations with the contractors’ counterparts in the Sarnia Building Trades Council. Ray’s efforts to work with government and industry were key to implementing “project agreement” legislation in Ontario. In the mid 1980’s, Ray became Chairman of the Labour Relations Bureau of the Ontario General Contractors Association, now known as the Construction Labour Relations Association of Ontario (CLRAO), a position he held for several terms. He further served as Chairman of the Construction Employers Coordinating Council of Ontario (CECCO). Ray was a founder and the first Chairman of the Joint Labour/Management Committee, a committee which was and is committed to deal with jurisdictional disputes and labour issues in the Sarnia/Lambton region.

Andy joined the SCA in 1979 as Labour Relations Officer, and in January 1982 he became the General Manager of the Association and its affiliates, a position he held for the last 40 years. He was involved in the negotiation and administration of collective agreements, both locally and provincially, and acted as the liaison between the Association and the Sarnia Owner Client Council and between the Association and the IEC. Andy also sat on many different local and provincial Boards over the years, including the Ontario Construction Secretariat, Council of Ontario Construction Associations (COCA), CECCO, and CLRAO.

The IEC extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of both Ray and Andy.

Ray Curran

Andy Pilat