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The new Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement announced this morning by Prime Minister Mark Carney and BC Premier David Eby is the kind of good news BC workers have been waiting for, the BCFED said today. “This is exactly what we’ve needed for a long time: a major investment in creating good union jobs, along with skills training and real support for affordable childcare,” said

This year’s Day of Mourning ceremony, remembering workers killed, injured or made sick by their work, will take place on Tuesday, April 28 on the steps of the BC Legislature from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The ceremony will include speakers from labour and local government, as well as Avneet and Avnoor Sidhu, daughters of Sarabjit Kaur Sidhu. She was one of three farmworkers killed on March 7, 2007

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

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