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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

The BC Federation of Labour says that commitments made today by the BC NDP to First Nations leaders will address historic wrongs, come to grips with contemporary injustice and chart a path for reconciliation. Speaking at the Union of BC Indian Chiefs annual meeting in Vancouver, party leader John Horgan promised that an NDP government will: adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous

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

Vancouver - The $0.40 per hour increase in BC’s minimum wage that takes effect today will do little to address BC’s problem of poverty and inequality, says the BC Federation of Labour. “The small raise still means that 500,000 BC workers earn poverty wages—under $15 per hour. That’s one out of every four workers in our province,” says BCFED President Irene Lanzinger. “Premier Clark has done