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Teachers call for Ministry of Education to maintain funding for adult students

The BC Teachers’ Federation and the Adult Educators’ Provincial Specialist Association are calling on the Ministry of Education to reverse its decision to cut by half the…

Aveos Workers Meet with Mulcair

A delegation from LL764 met with Federal NDP and Official Opposition leader Thomas Mulcair on Friday, May 4th, 2012. Also in attendance were Vancouver – Mount Pleasant…

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BCFED Regional Conference

Thompson Okanagan Regional Conference Agenda Date: Thursday May 24, 2012 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm The Thompson Okanagan Regional Conference will be held in Kelowna from…

BC mushroom farm deaths preventable

When two paramedics arrived on a Langley, B.C., mushroom farm in 2008, the war-zone-like chaos, the screaming anguish and the dead and grievously injured were well beyond…

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Public Power Generation Idle While British Columbians Pay More for Private Energy

High levels of precipitation have caused a surplus of hydroelectric power in the Pacific Northwest, and big problems for BC Hydro. Hydro has several expensive contracts with…

Tough on crime? Not when it comes to workplace deaths

At 5:18 am on Saturday, May 9, 1992 the Westray coal mine in Plymouth Nova Scotia exploded killing all 26 miners who were underground at the time. 15…

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Unions, NGOs say new migrant worker program unfair: Employers can pay migrant workers less

OTTAWA – A group of unions and non-government organizations say that recently announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) permitting employers to pay migrant workers…

Zellers workers have been told jobs will not be transferred over to new Target store in early 2013

The jobs of approximately 100 workers at the Zellers location at Nanaimo North Town Centre will soon be on the line as the store prepares to make…