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Improving benefits for injured workers and strengthening workplace safety should be the Workers’ Compensation Board’s top priority in using its “surplus,” BCFED President Sussanne Skidmore said today. The WCB — known by many as WorkSafeBC — announced Monday it would use $570 million from the Accident Fund to keep employer premiums frozen for the ninth straight year. That brings the total diverted

BC budget rejects austerity, holds the line on services families need (Victoria) With Donald Trump implementing across-the-board tariffs on Canadian exports, it’s more important than ever to protect working people and their jobs, the BCFED said today. “Working people are already facing tough times, and these tariffs threaten to make them a lot harder. So it’s good to see the BC budget reject

(Burnaby) — The BC Federation of Labour today released the following statement regarding the announcement the Trump regime will levy a sweeping 25 percent tariff on Canadian exports, and a 10 percent tariff on Canadian oil and gas exports: British Columbia workers are united. And we stand with our provincial government, businesses, communities and unions across Canada in opposing this unfair

The BC Federation of Labour (BCFED) has declared aviation fuel under the control of SGS Canada to be “hot.” SGS Canada employees represented by International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) Local 502 are on strike. The striking workers handle the storage and delivery of aviation fuel from the South Fraser Marine Terminal to tank farms on Fergusson Road at Vancouver International

The BC Federation of Labour today announced a province-wide boycott of Kal Tire, in response to the company’s lockout of workers at multiple locations and their unacceptable bargaining stance. “BC unions stand firmly behind Machinists Union Local 1857,” said BCFED President Sussanne Skidmore. “Kal Tire’s insistence on paying workers at newly-unionized workplaces far less than those at their other

Delegates to the BCFED Convention in downtown Vancouver will rally at noon today in support of striking CUPW workers. Speakers will include: Bea Bruske, President, Canadian Labour Congress Anju Parmar, President, CUPW Vancouver Local 846 Stephen Gale, CUPW Pacific Regional Representative Jagmeet Singh, Leader, Canada’s NDP Sussanne Skidmore, President, BC Federation of Labour When: Thursday