Boycotts and Hot Edicts
Boycott: Kal Tire, all locations - IAMAW Local 1857
Boycott: Radisson Blu (formerly Pacific Gateway Hotel), Richmond, BC - UNITE HERE Local 40/BCFED
Notice Issued
BCGEU vs LifeLabs
Commencement: February 13, 2025
Strikes and Lockouts
Please respect the unions’ picket lines in the following disputes, and do not patronize these businesses until the dispute is settled.
IBB D-277 vs. Heidelberg Materials
Issues: Contracting out, health benefits
Commencement : January 13, 2025
ILWU 502 vs. SGS Canada at YVR
Issues: Wages, pension benefits, and severance packages.
Commencement : December 12, 2024
Note: Members returned to work on January 21, 2025, after the parties agreed to put their outstanding issues to a third party.
CUPW vs. Canada Post
Issues: Fair wages, improved health and safety, retiring with dignity, and expanding the public post office.
Commencement: November 15, 2024
Note: CIRB ordered CUPW members back to work December 17, 2024. Industrial Commission report due May 15, 2025. Unions and workers are encouraged to do business with Canada Post during this time.
BCGEU vs. Western Pacific Marine
Issues: Recruitment, Retention
Commencement: November 3, 2024
IAMAW Local 1857 vs. Kal Tire (Burnaby)
Issues: Concessions, Two-tiered Wages
Commencement: October 31, 2024
UNITE HERE Local 40 vs. Radisson Blu (formerly Pacific Gateway Hotel)
Major Issues: Recall Rights, Concessions
Commenced: May 3, 2021
Settled
SEIU Local 2 vs Armstrong Regional Cooperative Liquor Store
SEIU Local 2 vs Alpine Building Maintenance
ILWU 514 vs BCMEA
IUOE Local 115 vs F&G Delivery Ltd
USW 2009 vs. Uni-Select (Bumper to Bumper)