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02/18/2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Join us for a Press Conference on Feb 19th at 12 noon at the Hilton Vancouver Airport in Richmond for an update on our Strike Vote results and the status of our current negotiations.

02/02/2026

12/06/2025

The United Nations established International Day of Persons with Disabilities in 1992. On this day we focus on the challenges and barriers that persons with disabilities experience, as well as their successes in our workplaces, unions and communities. As workers and activists, we need to understand....

12/02/2025

11/15/2025

: Living wages keep rising 📈💲 Living Wage BC finds hourly pay to live normal life much higher than minimum wage. Annual Report finds living wage is $26.65 in Powell River and Sunshine Coast BC Canada 🇨🇦 Kirk Penton, Castanet. Please keep conversations and comments civil and respectful 👇

The living wage is designed to ensure households have enough income to cover basic needs like food, clothing, shelter and transportation, participate in everyday community life, avoid the chronic stress of poverty and financial insecurity, and support healthy child development.

ABOUT: Living Wage BC is an organization that calculates the Living Wage for communities across British Columbia, certifies employers who pay a living wage, and campaigns for policies to lift wages and lower costs. https://www.livingwagebc.ca/

11/15/2025

BIG NEWS: The BC government is DOUBLING its trades-training investment over the next three years! In Sussanne's words, "It’s exactly what we need right now. This is how you build a strong, resilient economy: by investing in the workers who make it run."

A few years ago, the BC NDP brought in a renewed trade certification system. And with today's announcement by Premier David Eby, the province is poised to be a national leader in skilled trades training.

It's a remarkable comeback from the days when the BC Liberals slashed skilled trades training and gutted the regulations underlying trade certification.

As Hermender says, "I’m thrilled thinking of all the opportunities this is going to mean, especially for young workers just entering the workforce."

Here's our full statement on the announcement: https://bcfed.ca/news/releases/massive-provincial-investment-in-skills-training