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Victoria – Budget 2016 offers no relief for working British Columbians already struggling under rising user fees and taxes, declining services, and lack of job opportunities, says the BC Federation of Labour. “Once again, Christy Clark is big on talk and yet fails to support the very people who keep our province moving forward everyday,” said Aaron Ekman, Secretary Treasurer for the BC Federation

Vancouver – This budget is a chance for Premier Clark to do right by hundreds of thousands of working people in the province and raise the minimum wage to $15/hour, says the BC Federation of Labour. “Despite a pathetic 20-cent lift in September, once again BC is at the bottom of the pack when it comes to minimum wage rates across the country,” said Irene Lanzinger, President of the BC Federation

VANCOUVER – The BC Federation of Labour offers that once again Premier Christy Clark has abandoned a “BC First” policy on jobs in awarding a $1.75 billion dollar project. The project, the single largest construction project in BC history, has been touted to create as many as 1,500 jobs at peak construction, with no guarantee that the jobs created will go to British Columbians. “Christy Clark has

Vancouver – The BC Federation of Labour is welcoming news that phase one of a national inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls is being launched by the federal government. “This inquiry is long over-due. The BC Federation of Labour has added our voice to the call for a national inquiry for many years,” said Irene Lanzinger, President of the BCFED. “I am encouraged that our new

Vancouver – The BC Federation of Labour is welcoming news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to re-open the shuttered Coast Guard Base in Kitsilano. “We said from the very beginning that it was a mistake for the Harper government to close this base, and we fought it at every step,” said Irene Lanzinger, President of the BC Federation of Labour. “Vancouver has one of the busiest harbours in

Vancouver – After more than seven years in the making, the Golden Tree Farmworkers’ monument was unveiled today in its permanent home in the Friendship Garden, behind the Clearbrook Library in Abbotsford. The Golden Tree stands as a lasting and important legacy to Amarjit Kaur Bal (52), Sukhvinder Kaur Punia (41), and Sarbjit Kaur Sidhu (31), the three women killed on the morning of March 7, 2007