More than 8,000 workers in British Columbia’s forestry, steel and related industries will have access to retraining and employment support under a …
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Labour Relations
Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library could be forced to close Friday due to a labour lockout
By Patrick Penner | Tri-Cities Dispatch Terry Fox Library’s unionized staff could be locked out of their workplace as early as Friday morning …
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British Columbia’s 52,000 public school teachers have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, backing the deal by a 91% margin after nearly …
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM Teamsters Local 213 and 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters finalize three-year collective agreement covering café, roastery, and office workers
The deal runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028 and includes wage increases of four per cent in each of …
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM Construction Maintenance and Allied Workers Canada and 1482393 B.C. Ltd. finalize three-year collective agreement covering commercial and institutional carpenters
The deal runs from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026 and includes annual wage increases across all classifications, plus updates to …
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Employment LawFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
B.C. changes employment standards complaint process to speed up wage recovery
British Columbia is amending two workplace laws in an effort to make the employment standards complaint and dispute-resolution process faster and more …
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM UA Local 516 and Mercedes-Benz North Vancouver finalize three-year collective agreement covering automotive service technicians and support staff
The deal runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027 and includes annual wage increases of approximately two per cent per …
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM UFCW Local 1518 and North Shore Cannabis finalize two-year collective agreement covering retail cannabis workers
The deal runs from May 22, 2025 to May 21, 2027 and includes a structured wage grid topping out at $24.75 per …
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British Columbia employers and workers will no longer change their clocks twice a year after the province adopts permanent daylight saving time, …
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Employment LawFeatured
Coquitlam, B.C., meat business caught in pay-to-work scheme must repay foreign worker, tribunal rules
By Patrick Penner | Tri-Cities Dispatch Despite claiming he was the victim of a “witch hunt,” the proprietor of a wholesale meat business …


