News releases
BCFED marks Pride as both protest and celebration
June 15, 2022
(Unceded Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam territories — Vancouver, BC) As the BC Federation of Labour and our member unions join workers and everyone else celebrating Pride this month, we’re mindful that Pride started as a protest. Young workers to hold annual sit-in calling for restoration of Grant’s Law protections for overnight workers
June 4, 2022 | Health, Safety, and Compensation
Young workers will hold an overnight sit-in at a 24-hour convenience store in East Vancouver, pressing the provincial government to restore a law protecting convenience store and gas station employees who work alone at night.Event details: New BCFED video spotlights injured workers’ stories to urge WCB reform
June 1, 2022
A new video launched on Injured Workers Day portrays the need for changes to BC’s Workers’ Compensation Board in stark terms. 70% support certifying unions with no further barriers if at least 55% of employees sign cards: BC poll
May 11, 2022
A new BC poll conducted by opinion research and communications firm Stratcom for the BCFED shows an overwhelming majority of respondents support single-step union certification.Seven in ten respondents (70%) agreed with the statement “If 55% or more employees in a workplace sign cards saying they... more Hold negligent employers criminally responsible, BCFED says on Westray disaster's 30th anniversary
May 9, 2022 | Health, Safety, and Compensation
Thirty years ago today, 26 miners died in an instant when methane gas and coal dust exploded in the Westray Coal Mine in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County.To call this catastrophe unnecessary would be an understatement. Workers repeatedly warned about extremely dangerous conditions and practices; the... more BC owes it to workers to protect their lives and safety: BCFED
April 28, 2022
The BC Federation of Labour released the following statement today on the occasion of the Day of Mourning:
Every year on this day, we pause to remember workers who have been killed, injured or made sick because of their work.
This year, we mourn 206 British Columbia workers who died in... more Single-step certification removes barriers, ensures workers’ statute right to organize: BCFED
April 6, 2022
The BC Federation of Labour today welcomed the news that working people in BC will soon have access to single-step union certification.
“Right now, BC is at the back of the pack in Canada, with labour laws that create unnecessary barriers to organizing,” said BCFED President Laird Cronk. “This... more BCFED statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21, 2022
(Unceded Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam territories — Vancouver, BC) The BC Federation of Labour today released the following statement: BCFED welcomes inflation-fighting boost to minimum wage, calls for end to loopholes
March 14, 2022
(Unceded Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam territories — Vancouver, BC) Today’s announcement tying this year’s provincial minimum wage increase to the rate of inflation — a rise of 2.8 percent — is welcome news, BCFED Secretary-Treasurer Sussanne Skidmore said today... more Want a sustainable, successful economy? Welcome more women to the decision-making table, says BCFED
March 8, 2022
(Unceded Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam territories — Vancouver, BC) The BC Federation of Labour released the following statement today:
We are marking International Women’s Day at a time when women have been carrying more than their share of the pandemic. Over the... more