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Vancouver - BC Federation of Labour President Irene Lanzinger will join dozens of British Columbians from all walks of life to participate in the Welfare Food Challenge and eat for an entire week with a budget of only $18, all that Premier Christy Clark and her government give to single welfare recipients to survive. Sponsored by the Raise the Rates Coalition, the challenge starts Sunday October

Vancouver -September employment numbers released today by Statistics Canada show BC has the worst record of any province on full-time employment, after the province shed 20,000 full-time jobs in September, says the BC Federation of Labour. “Numbers bounce around month to month, but the downward trend for good-paying, full-time jobs over the last quarter and the rise of lower-paying, part-time work

Vancouver- The BC Federation Labour criticized the Clark government for poor economic management, declining wages, and the loss of good-paying, full-time jobs that support families and communities, in a presentation to Liberal and NDP politicians on the finance committee of the provincial legislature. “There’s a crisis taking shape across our economy because good jobs are disappearing in BC, while

Vancouver - A significant expansion in Canada Pension Plan benefits is now one step closer to becoming a reality after BC ended its holdout status and formally signed on to the agreement reached at a First Ministers’ meeting in July. “Improving CPP benefits and retirement security for millions of Canadians is the most important expansion of a social program in Canada for decades,” says Irene

Vancouver - Proposals from a parliamentary committee dominated by the federal Liberal government could—if enacted—make it easier for employers to use temporary foreign workers instead of recruiting Canadian workers by paying decent wages and implementing much needed skills training programs. “There will be intense pressure facing Employment Minister, MaryAnn Mihychuk, and Immigration Minister

Vancouver - The BC Federation of Labour has given the thumbs up to NDP Leader John Horgan’s pledge to build public transit in the Lower Mainland. “We’ve endured transportation grid lock in the region for far too long because of Premier Clark and the choices she’s made and the partisan political games she’s played,” says Federation President Irene Lanzinger. “The NDP proposal is a sound plan that