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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 egregious workplace safety violations that led to a senseless workplace death,” says BC Federation of

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. “The decision shows that the Aquilinis engaged in wage theft. One of BC’s wealthiest families has been ordered to pay wages for the vulnerable temporary foreign workers they

Global TV's Sonia Sunger sits down with BC Federation of Labour President Laird Cronk to talk about changes to BC's labour laws.

Proposed revisions to the BC Labour Code will help restore much-needed fairness at unionized worksites across the province. “British Columbia remains a low-wage province, and precarious work is on the rise. The best antidote to economic inequality is greater union density,” says BC Federation of Labour President Laird Cronk. Fewer unions means lower pay for everybody. The BCFED welcomes government

Victoria - Revisions announced today to British Columbia’s Employment Standards legislation will make a real, positive difference to workers and their families across British Columbia. “The Employment Standards Act is being modernized, providing a more just level of protection for BC workers while removing barriers to access to justice by removing the self-help kit and extending wage recovery

Richmond — This weekend, thousands of British Columbians are remembering workers who lost their lives on the job, at more than 35 Day of Mourning ceremonies around the province. Today’s Vancouver ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. at Jack Poole Plaza, preceded by the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron at 10 a.m. Among those speaking in Vancouver are Sadaf Abdul, who will tell her father’s tragic story