The Robert J. Watson is offered annually through the General Presidents' Maintenance Committee/National Maintenance Council, an alliance of the International Building Trades Unions that negotiates and administers labour agreements tailored for maintenance work at industrial plants in Canada.

The child of a construction worker who is a member of one of the construction and building trades unions whose local union has within its jurisdiction a general GPMA or NMA can win a $1,000 bursary towards higher education. There are 88 bursaries across Canada.

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Boilermakers from across Canada have worked 2,837,367 hours for GPMC & NMC contractors in 2014, ending July 31. Learn more about the GPMC & NMC by clicking here.