World Autism Acceptance Day

April is Autism Acceptance Month, and today is World Autism Acceptance Day. This is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions that autistic people bring to the labour movement and to our province. It's a chance to challenge some assumptions about our workplaces, our communities and our unions — about what conditions and environments are truly welcoming and inclusive to everyone, and allow all

April is Sikh Heritage Month — a great time to recognize the profound contributions of Sikh workers to our country, our province, and our movement. In British Columbia, Sikh workers helped build the foundations of key industries like forestry and sawmilling. Their gurdwaras became vital community hubs — places not only of worship, but of organizing and mutual support, even as Sikh and other South

A pdf of the complete submission can be found here. Introduction The BC Federation of Labour appreciates the opportunity to provide our recommendations with respect to the proposed amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 8 – Personal Protective Equipment, and Part 31 - Firefighting. The BCFED represents more than 500,000 members of our affiliated unions, from more than 1

New crane safety measures announced today by BC Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside will save lives and make construction sites safer across the province, say the BC Federation of Labour, BC Building Trades and International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 115. “This is the culmination of years of work by the labour movement, and especially by construction unions,” said BCFED President

Today’s provincial budget charts a course toward reducing the deficit while preserving some key public services, the BC Federation of Labour said today. But they warned British Columbians will feel the impact of cuts and program pauses, and the government left key revenue-generating opportunities on the table. “It’s good to see BC making a historic commitment to skills training, opening up great

Congratulations to Angie Reamer of CUPE 4163 and Brittni Paquette of ILWU 508! Angie has been awarded the 2026 Donna Sheaves Memorial Scholarship, and Brittni wins the 2026 Kim Manton Memorial Scholarship. The scholarships were established with CUPE Local 402 and the Victoria Labour Council in memory of Donna Sheaves and Kim Manton, two wonderful union women lost them too soon. Each scholarship

UPDATE: With the resolution of this dispute, the boycott has been lifted. (Burnaby) The BC Federation of Labour’s executive officers have voted unanimously to declare a boycott of the Alberni Golf Club, which laid off its entire unionized workforce in November. “We reserve boycotts for only the most outrageous cases of unacceptable employer actions,” said BCFED President Sussanne Skidmore. “We

The skilled trades training investment announced today by the BC government will make an enormous difference to the province’s economy, and open up promising careers to thousands of workers, the BC Federation of Labour said today. “This is huge, and it’s exactly what we need right now,” said BCFED President Sussanne Skidmore. “This is how you build a strong, resilient economy: by investing in the

Canada’s federations of labour, representing over three million workers in every province and territory, today released the following statement: We condemn the Alberta government’s decision to legislate teachers back to work, and its use of the notwithstanding clause to impose a collective agreement. This action is a direct and deliberate attack on the fundamental freedoms of association and

A new private member’s bill by the federal NDP would restore bargaining rights the Liberals have been all too willing to trample, BCFED President Sussanne Skidmore said today. Introduced on Monday, Bill C-247 would amend the Canada Labour Code by removing section 107, which allows the Minister of Labour to short-circuit collective bargaining by referring labour disputes to the Canada Industrial