News releases
The Day of Mourning is about action as well as remembrance: BCFED
April 26, 2024 | Health, Safety, and Compensation
April 28 is about grief and remembering — honouring the workers we’ve lost, or who’ve been made sick or been injured, because of the work they do. BC budget helps working families close the gap by lowering costs. Let’s help raise wages, too: BCFEDÂ
February 22, 2024
Today’s provincial budget will provide welcome relief for working families struggling with rising costs. New report sets out bold 10-year plan for integrated public transit throughout BCÂ
February 16, 2024
Within the next decade, British Columbia’s local transit systems could be united into an upgraded province-wide public transit network, offering safe, reliable, affordable service for riders travelling within and between communities throughout the province. That’s the vision set out in ... more Celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility
March 28, 2024
The International Transgender Day of Visibility is a celebration of the transgender and gender diverse members of our community. And it reminds us how important that visibility is: it reduces isolation, sending a clear message to trans people that they are not alone. And it helps to fight fear,... more Celebrating International Women's Day by investing in women leaders
March 7, 2024
March 8 is International Women’s Day: a day when we remember, honour and celebrate the contributions of women (both cis and trans) and gender-diverse people in our communities.This year, as we mark IWD, we turn our attention to the upcoming election here in BC and are reminded that elections matter... more BCFED endorses ITUC and CLC statements calling for a Gaza ceasefire
January 25, 2024
The Executive Council of the BC Federation of Labour has voted to endorse statements by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) regarding the ongoing crisis in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel. BC makes progress, but key protections still missing for gig workers: BCFED
November 16, 2023
Today’s announcement from the BC Ministry of Labour represents some progress for ride-hail and food-delivery workers, but still leaves these workers without the same set of protections provided to every other worker in the province, BC Federation of Labour President Sussanne Skidmore said today.“... more Reconciliation requires solidarity, and solidarity requires reconciliation: Statement by the BCFED on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 29, 2023
Today we honour the memories of the Indigenous children whose lives were lost to the residential school system, and the grief of the survivors, their families and their communities. Standing up against anti-trans hate on September 20, and always
September 18, 2023
The British Columbia Federation of Labour stands firmly and proudly with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the face of a surge of anti-trans hate speech and actions across the country. #HotStrikeSummer could be the start of a new relationship between workers and employers
September 1, 2023
2023 Labour Day op-ed: "There's a new reality in BC: Employers can no longer count on having the upper hand, and workers aren't prepared to cede it to them."