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Vancouver - The BC Federation of Labour is responding positively to today’s final investment decision to build LNG Canada’s Kitimat LNG facility. “While there are still climate change issues that the provincial government is working to address through its clean growth strategy, today’s go-ahead announcement will create concrete opportunities for good-paying jobs during construction and operation

I think we can all agree that government matters. And which political party controls the government affects the lives of working people dramatically. Just look back at the 16 years of the BC Liberal government – stripping of collective agreements, erosion of employment standards and labour code protections, stagnant wages and the rise of precarious work, underfunded schools and oversized

Vancouver – President of the BC Federation of Labour, Irene Lanzinger, will present to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services this morning. “We are calling on the BC government to champion a budget that levels the playing field for working people,” said Lanzinger. “Our submission focuses on the core building blocks of a healthy economy: strong employment standards laws, a

BCFED President Irene Lanzinger will speak at a rally Monday afternoon in downtown Vancouver to support 50 Canada Line cleaners who are at risk of losing their jobs because of contract flipping around the provision of cleaning services at stations along the line. Lanzinger will urge the provincial government to close loopholes in the provincial labour code that allow employers to use contract