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Hamilton District Autobody Repair Association
Collision Industry Action Group-Ontario. |
WHY
SHOULD I SUPPORT MY ASSOCIATION?
Action
and results in the collision repair and auto refinish industry
can only happen when strong trade associations exist and YOU support
them.
The Hamilton District Autobody Repair Association (HARA) is the
largest local collision repair trade association in Canada.
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provide: |
- Marketing
assistance to shops
- Marketing
do-it-yourself manuals designed specifically for our member shops
by the Business Development Bank of Canada
- The
Car Doctor Ladies Car Care Clinics with CHML's John Booth providing
automotive advice to your customers in an evening shop setting
- Web
site placement to give you internet exposure at the lowest price
in Canada. Insurers and the public can access your site or download
assignments
- Business
counselling from the best business consultants in Ontario at a
ridiculously low price
- ISO
9000 programs that can put quality consistency in your business
- Membership
plaques and brochures to show you are involved with the industry's
best
- Discounts
on training courses of up to 33%
- Collision
data for your region, by location, age and frequency
- NACE
trip discounts
- Employee/employer
linkage and placement for those looking for work
- Free
waste management audits - others charge $700
- Help
in obtaining your P2 (Pollution Prevention) status with Ontario
- New
ECOLOGO status that you can advertise
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| We
have succeeded in: |
- Having
the highest accepted door labour rate in southern Ontario
- Convincing
insurers to pay environmental surcharges in most cases
- Removing
the threat of direct parts» programming being introduced
at your shop
- Having
paint re-imbursement at 50% higher than Toronto's rate-more changes
to come
- Having
solvent recyclers for shops now meeting legal compliance standards-no
more fines
- Changing
police contracts to better serve the industry-reductions in chasing
and fairness to all contractors
- By-law
changes to further attack accident "chasing"
- Apprenticeship
classes now offered in the evening to help your staff and encourage
future workers
- Changing
regulation to better serve our industry in the permit branding
and reinspection of salvage areas and the new environmental standards
areas
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| What's
coming: |
- More
work on industry self-management through local and provincial
workshops
- Changes
to facility licensing standards to discourage chasing
- Fire
code amendment work following the Plastimet fire
- Apprenticeship
reform changes
- Rebuilt
vehicle inspection program
- Environmental
profitability for shops with new standards
- Industry
accreditation of shops across Ontario
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HARA
continues to send information to you by fax and mail. We have new
membership representatives that will be out to see you. We have
a 1-800 number for your convenience in reaching us, e-mail address
of ciag@icom.ca and a web site at www.cciic.com
HARA and its directors have won more awards for our work than all
other collision repair trade associations in Canada combined but
HARA must have your continued financial support to aggressively
continue to help our industry.
Please fell free to call the office at any time for assistance or
to get updates on new profitable programs.
Best wishes and good selling.
Tony Nigro, President.
P.O.
Box 47594, Centre Mall, Hamilton, Ontario L8H 7S7
phone (905) 662-9499 - fax (905) 662-9502 - toll-free 1-800-318-DENT.
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