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Working people in British Columbia have lost one of our greatest champions. Stephanie Smith served as president of the BCGEU and an Executive Officer of the BCFED from 2014 to 2024.

Today, the BC government took a big step toward safer construction workplaces by expanding skilled trades certification to cover mobile and tower crane operators. They're reversing the disastrous 2003 move by the BC Liberals (now effectively the BC Conservatives) scrapping trades certification. Restoring the requirement for stringent safety and skills training will go a long way to addressing

The new Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement announced this morning by Prime Minister Mark Carney and BC Premier David Eby is the kind of good news BC workers have been waiting for, the BCFED said today. “This is exactly what we’ve needed for a long time: a major investment in creating good union jobs, along with skills training and real support for affordable childcare,” said

This is the beginning of one of our favourite times of the year: Pride. It’s a season to celebrate our 2SLGBTQIA+ members, family, friends and neighbours: the contributions they make to our movement and our lives, and their enduring, invaluable presence in our community. We celebrate even as we protest, finding joy in our unity and solidarity against discrimination, fear, hate and violence

It was one year ago Sunday evening that tragedy struck the Lapu-Lapu Day block party in Vancouver. We share the grief and loss felt by the Filipino community and everyone who was affected by that terrible attack. This is a difficult anniversary, and our hearts go out to everyone reliving painful memories of that event. That includes the first responders, frontline workers, community workers and

Amshen ( Joan Phillip) is an ally to working people and a devoted Indigenous leader. Many of us have fond memories of working in her joyful by-election campaign in 2023, and we've been fortunate to have her friendship as a strong voice and a principled, passionate advocate in government. At our 2024 Convention, she and her husband Grand Chief Stewart Phillip brought us to our feet cheering with a