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“It’s been one year since the deadliest garment factory tragedy in history, and most of the families affected have had little or no compensation. If something like this happened to workers in Canada there would be outrage and companies would be heavily fined. “North American and European companies that pull in profits in the billion dollar range, and pay their executives millions of dollars a year

Vancouver-the Employee Action & Rights Network (EARN) is holding sit-ins at Mac’s Convenience Stores in Vancouver from 7:00 pm tonight, Saturday, April 12th until 6:00 am tomorrow, Sunday, April 13th to stand in solidarity with workers everywhere who have to work alone during late night hours in retail environments, and also to raise awareness of the watering down of the working alone legislation

The leadership of the B.C. Federation of Labour met today and condemned the actions of the Federal and Provincial governments to try and force truckers back to work using legislation and license suspensions. Representatives of BC’s private and public sector unions were unanimous in their support of Unifor to negotiate a collective agreement to ensure all truck drivers can earn a fair and

Vancouver, BC - An emergency meeting of the B.C. Federation of Labour tonight issued a statement calling for the Provincial and Federal governments to rescind threats to force truckers back to work through back-to-work legislation and license suspensions. The statement also called for solidarity with Unifor in their attempt to negotiate a collective agreement to ensure Port drivers are paid fairly

On a very rainy International Women’s Day in B.C, I drove out to Abbotsford to the heart of the rich agricultural land in the Fraser River Valley. Members of the local community gathered there to honour three women who died in a tragic van accident on the way to their work in the production of our food. On the morning of March 7, 2007, Sarbjit Kaur Sidhu, 31, Amarjit Kaur Bal, 52, and Sukhvinder

Victoria, BC – Representatives of British Columbia’s largest unions are in Victoria this week, making the case for good jobs. The labour representatives focused on three aspects of good jobs: fixing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, improving apprenticeships, and increasing the minimum wage. “Our focus today is creating real opportunities for young people to find a solid footing in the