About 1,900 professional employees in British Columbia’s public service have ratified a new collective agreement with the provincial government. The Professional Employees… …
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By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen An unruly customer pleaded guilty March 18 to spitting at a Bank of Montreal employee in… …
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM ILWU Canada Local 523B and AltaGas Ridley Island LPG Operations finalize five-year collective agreement covering LPG terminal workers
The deal runs from May 24, 2025, to May 23, 2030, and includes wage increases of 8.5% or BC CPI in year… …
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Janitorial workers employed by Dexterra Group to clean Vancouver’s SkyTrain system took to the streets in Metro Vancouver on Tuesday, alleging the… …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
B.C. community health workers ratify new four-year contract with 3% annual wage increases
More than 25,000 community health workers in British Columbia have ratified a new four-year collective agreement that includes annual wage increases and… …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsImmigration
More than 400 U.S. health-care professionals now working in B.C.
The British Columbia government says more than 400 American-trained health-care professionals have accepted job offers across the province since it launched a… …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Arbitrator finds Hospital Employees Union grievance application timely despite employer’s jurisdictional challenge
A B.C. arbitrator has ruled that a job selection grievance filed by the Professional Employees’ Association was referred to expedited arbitration within… …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Iron Mountain Welding ordered to pay worker $42,304 in lost wages after out-of-seniority layoff
A British Columbia arbitrator has ordered a Maple Ridge metal fabrication company to pay a laid-off welder more than $42,000 in lost… …
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionFeaturedLabour Relations
B.C. teachers win gender-affirming care, except in two cities
By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee The union for more than 52,000 B.C. public school teachers ratified a new collective agreement this… …
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)FeaturedTechnology in HR
This dockworker in Vancouver uses AI to hold bosses accountable
By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee Nearly every week for more than eight years, longshoreman Veetesh Rup has looked over the mess… …

