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June 1 is Injured Workers’ Day in Canada, when we rededicate ourselves to the fight for justice for injured workers. In British Columbia, that fight has made important strides in recent years. The BC NDP government has reversed many of the most vicious cuts to workers’ compensation made under John Rustad’s old government. Their changes have brought BC closer to a worker-centred system it was

We enter Pride Season in a spirit of joy and celebration. Our solidarity with the communities that make up Pride is deeper than ever. The progress we’ve made together is immense, and we’re all the stronger for it. That’s fortunate. Because the threat to the fundamental rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ people today is enormous — and imminent. Governments in the United States and elsewhere have launched a

A pdf of the complete submission can be found here. The BC Federation of Labour (“Federation” “BCFED”) appreciates the opportunity to provide our submission with respect to the proposed amendments to policy in the Assessment Manual regarding determining the employer of volunteer firefighters. The BCFED represents more than 500,000 members of our affiliated unions, from more than 1,100 locals

The most important right workers have is the right to come home at the end of the working day as safe and healthy as when they left. Yet so very often, that isn’t the case. In the past year, there were 195 worker deaths reported. We must ask: why does that number remain so high year after year? Why are there so many more workers whose lives are devastatingly altered by illness or injury? And what

This is a submission from the BC Federation of Labour to the WCB regarding the consultation on proposed occupational exposure limits based on the new or revised ACGIG TLVs for selected chemical substances

International Women’s Day 2025 finds women and gender-diverse people in an increasingly precarious place. By standing together and fighting, we’ve made important progress in recent years here in BC and we cannot let that progress be threatened. Women — already hardest hit by everything from workplace harassment and violence to the affordability crisis — now see our fundamental rights under attack