Member Unions
Term description: Established in 1982, the ATU Canadian Council is the highest authority and voice in Canada for the Amalgamated Transit Union on all issues of Canadian interest including Legislation, Political,... (more)
Term description: The Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union of America, one of the pioneers of the North American labor movement, was organized in 1886. In 1957, the American Bakery and Confectionery... (more)
BC Ferry & Marine Workers' Union (BCFMWU)
Term description: As ferry workers and members of the BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union, you have the opportunity to enjoy the salaries and benefits won by our members throughout our history. We have moved into a new... (more)
BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Term description: The BCGEU is one of the most diverse unions in British Columbia, representing approximately 80,000 men and women in more than 550 bargaining units. The union can trace its beginnings back to the... (more)
BC Insulators 118 (IAHFIAW)
Term description: Local 118 has been helping members find jobs, defend their rights and advance their interests for over 50 years. Education and safety training have ensured that members remain at the top of their... (more)
BC Teachers' Federation (BCTF)
Term description: The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF), established in 1917, is the union of professionals representing 41,000 public school teachers in the province of British Columbia, Canada.All public... (more)
Term description: The BCIT Faculty & Staff Association (FSA) is a membership driven, certified trade union that represents full-time and part-time technological faculty and staff at BCIT. Through representation on... (more)
Canadian Office & Professional Employees' Union Locals 225 & 491 (COPE Locals 225 & 491)
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Term description: Our 54,000 members work in large and small communities from Twillingate, Newfoundland to Tappen, British Columbia. A majority of members work for Canada Post as rural and suburban mail carriers,... (more)
Term description: CUPE BC is a provincial division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, and acts as the political voice of CUPE locals in British Columbia.
CUPE BC represents 85,000 workers in more than 170... (more)
Term description: The Compensation Employees' Union was certified in May 1974. About two thirds of the 3,250 members work in the Lower Mainland. There are offices in Richmond, Burnaby, Port Moody, Surrey and... (more)
Term description: The Directors Guild of Canada, B.C. District Council (DGC BC) represents the creative and logistical personnel in the film and television industry in British Columbia. The DGC BC Collective Agreement... (more)
Term description: The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC is the provincial voice for faculty and staff in BC universities, colleges and institutes, and in private sector institutions. FPSE member locals,... (more)
Term description: GSU represents working people who are engaged in agribusiness, grain handling, fish farming, livestock handling, newspaper publishing, oat milling, and printing. GSU members are employed in... (more)
Grain Workers Union (GWU)
Term description: The Grain Workers Union Local 333 ILWU is a Canadian Union representing members in the Ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert. Our Union is a chartered local of ILWU Canada. The Grain Workers Union is... (more)
Term description: HSA represents more than 16,000 health science professionals at over 250 hospitals and agencies in acute care, long-term care and community health, including workers at child development centres and... (more)
Term description: The Hospital Employees' Union is the oldest health care union in British Columbia – representing more than 43,000 members working for public, non-profit and private employers.And as the B.C. health... (more)
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Term description: IATSE Local 891
IATSE Local 891 consists of over 8,000 professional artists and technicians who work in film and television production in BC. IATSE 891 has 19 departments representing particular... (more)
Term description: Ironworkers have a proud tradition in this Province that allows those that placed the rod, erected the steel, welded, bolted or riveted it, who rigged the machinery, erected curtain wall or pre-... (more)
Term description: Established in 1929, the British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters’ Association (BCPFFA) is an organization comprised of 53 locals who represent over 4,000 professional men and women fire fighters... (more)
Term description: We represent more than 40,000 Canadian workers in air transport and a wide range of manufacturing including aircraft, auto parts, autobuses, aerospace, electronics, light and heavy machinery, tools... (more)
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (IBB)
Term description: The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmith, Forgers and Helpers (IBB) is a union that was established to implement the natural right of workers to organize.
The... (more)
Term description: We’re the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. IBEW for short.
When disaster strikes, when blackouts happen, when everyday life gets interrupted –we’re there for you to get things back on... (more)
Term description: The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada has been successfully representing working people in British Columbia since 1948. ILWU Canada is the exclusive bargaining agent for over 3,000... (more)
Term description: The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) was founded in 1896 as a trade union representing primarily construction workers working as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and... (more)
Term description: Represents a growing force of over 160,000 active and retired men and women in the United States and Canada. Our members work in the Finishing Trades as industrial and commercial painters, drywall... (more)
Island Musicians Association (IMA CFM 247)
Term description: Island Musicians Association is a non-profit organization of professional musicians who work on Vancouver Island and the adjacent Gulf Islands. We advocate for musicians and are committed to raising... (more)
Term description: Local 1611 represents a diverse membership working in sectors that include: road building, pipeline, paving, utility, mining, diamond drilling, industrial plants, dock and shipyard, healthcare,... (more)
Term description: The Machinists' Fitters & Helpers Industrial Union Local No. 3 represents industrial workers in the following industries on Vancouver Island.
Ship Building and Ship Repair, Manufacturing and... (more)
Term description: The Marine Workers have a long and proud history, dating back to 1927 when we broke away from the International Boilermakers. The Federation is charted directly to the Canadian Labour Congress and... (more)
Movement of United Professionals (MoveUP)
Term description: Movement of United Professionals represents about 13,000 union members at public and private sector companies in British Columbia.MoveUP is local 378 of the COPE National Union which represnts 33,000... (more)
National Guild of Canadian Media - The Newspaper Guild (TNG/CANADA/CWA)
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Term description: The PEA is a labour union. Its constitution sets out similar objectives, and labour law gives it the same rights and obligations to represent its members in collective bargaining as apply to other... (more)
Term description: The PEA is a labour union. Its constitution sets out similar objectives, and labour law gives it the same rights and obligations to represent its members in collective bargaining as apply to other... (more)
Term description: The Public Service Alliance of Canada represents more than 170,000 workers in every province and territory in Canada and in locations around the world. Our members work for federal government... (more)
Retail Wholesale Union (RWU)
Term description: The Retail Wholesale Union is an Industrial Union. This means that every worker engaged by a common employer may participate in the collective bargaining process with that employer for the betterment... (more)
Term description: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 represents over 18,000 workers. Our members work in various sectors including janitorial & maintenance, brewery, winery & other... (more)
Term description: The Shipyard General Workers' Federation represents all unions with members active in the B.C. shipyard industry and exists to advance the economic and social welfare of workers. The Federation was... (more)
Telecommunications Workers' Union-United Steelworkers Local 1944 (TWU-USW Local 1944)
Term description: In 2015 the former Telecommunications Workers Union merged with the United Steelworkers and became USW Local 1944. The Telecommunications Workers Union has a long and proud history of representing... (more)
Term description: The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) was founded in 1920. With over 60,000 members, the Institute is the largest union in Canada representing scientists and... (more)
Union of BC Performers (UBCP/ACTRA)
Term description: UBPC/ACTRA’s principal function is the negotiation, administration and enforcement of collective agreements on behalf of professional performers in the recorded media.
Local and national collective... (more)
Term description: UNITE HERE! represents 50,000 workers across Canada and more than 250,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hospitality, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, laundry,... (more)
Term description: The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada or "UA" as it is commonly known is a multi-craft union whose members are... (more)
Term description: UFCW 1518 is an organization of over 21,000 workers in British Columbia, united by our belief in the dignity of workers and the right to fair and just treatment at work.
UFCW 1518 is one of British... (more)
Term description: UFCW Local 247 represents over 12,000 members in British Columbia at employers such as Loblaw, Safeway/Sobeys, FG Deli Group Ltd., BC Tree Fruit Cooperative and many others.
United Steelworkers (USW)
Term description: Members of the United Steelworkers work in every sector of Canada’s economy in every kind of job. Steelworkers are women and men of every ethnic background working in every region of Canada.
The USW... (more)
Term description: Incorporated in 1994 under the BC Society Act and certified as a union under the Labor Relations Board of BC on April 29, 2014, the UNBC-FA negotiates, monitors, and upholds the conditions of... (more)
Term description: Since 1901, Vancouver Local 145 of the Canadian Federation of Musicians has been representing members throughout mainland British Columbia. We are the largest Musicians’ Association in Western Canada... (more)
Term description: The West Vancouver Municipal Employees’ Association maintains and protects working conditions and a just and reasonable scale of wages, salaries and benefits for WVMEA members.
Our members include... (more)