News releases
BC Federation of Labour steps up pressure on Western Forest Products, issues “hot edict”
July 10, 2019
Vancouver – The BC Federation of Labour (BCFED) announced a “hot edict” today on Western Forest Products (WFP) in a show of solidarity with striking forest workers. The move, welcomed by the United Steelworkers (USW), means that members of the BCFED’s affiliated unions have been asked to no longer... more Statement from the BC Federation of Labour on National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 20, 2019
This year, National Indigenous Peoples Day comes at a critical moment for Indigenous rights recognition in Canada and BC.
Key legislation to entrench Indigenous rights, Bill C-262, is stuck in the Senate and Prime Minister Trudeau has abandoned his commitment to ensure it passes it into law. “This... more BCFED 2019 Pride season statement: Leave no one behind
June 14, 2019
For the 2019 Pride season, the BC Federation of Labour is renewing its call for no one within the LGBTQ community to be left behind.
“All equity-seeking groups within the Pride community should be welcomed, heard, and celebrated. Pride began as a protest, as a mechanism to free an oppressed... more Injured workers encouraged to speak up during Workers’ Compensation review
June 13, 2019 | Health, Safety, and Compensation
The BC Federation is Labour is calling on injured workers and their advocates to speak out and share their experience at a public hearings of the workers’ compensation review panel.
Injured workers are strongly encouraged to attend a public hearing in their community or to complete an online... more Conservative Senators’ Filibustering Threatens the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
June 10, 2019
FIRST NATIONS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND THE BC FEDERATION OF LABOUR - JOINT NEWS RELEASE
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and the BC Federation of Labour (BCFED) are deeply frustrated by recent attempts to filibuster and... more BC Federation of Labour President Laird Cronk speaks with Jennifer Palma on Global TV about minimum wage increase
June 5, 2019
BC Federation of Labour President Laird Cronk spoke with Jennifer Palma on Global TV on Saturday June 1 about minimum wage increase to $13.85/hour effective from that day.
Criminal charges against Kiewit construction precedent-setting
May 31, 2019 | Health, Safety, and Compensation
The BC Federation of Labour welcomes the filing of criminal charges against Peter Kiewit Sons Co. and two supervisors for criminal negligence in the 2009 death of construction worker Sam Fitzpatrick.
“For the first time ever, a major Canadian corporation is being held criminally responsible for... more National Injured Workers’ Day statement
May 31, 2019 | Health, Safety, and Compensation
Vancouver - June 1 is National Injured Workers’ Day across Canada, a day to stand in solidarity with injured workers for the restoration of dignity, respect and justice. Workplace accidents have tragic consequences and a lasting impact on the workers who experience them.
“Last year... more Aquilini family ordered to pay temporary foreign workers $130k in wages after BCFED complaint with partner organizations
May 16, 2019
The BC Federation of Labour is welcoming a Ministry of Labour decision ordering the Aquilini family to pay over $130,000 in wages and vacation pay owed to temporary foreign workers employed at their berry farm in Pitt Meadows. Laird Cronk: Labour law changes help restore fairness and balance
May 13, 2019
Proposed changes to B.C. labour laws will make a real difference for workers, particularly the most vulnerable — children, new Canadians, and the working poor.