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B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR CONTRIBUTES $10,000 TO UNITED STEELWORKERS BURNS LAKE FUND
January 27, 2012
Vancouver, BC – The B.
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Khaira Tree Planters, One Year Later - Despite Legal Victories, Wages and EI Remain Unpaid
July 20, 2011
Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the closure of the Khaira camp in Golden, B.
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Jobs and families first? Long overdue minimum wage increase should be first step
March 14, 2011
Vancouver--If the new Christy Clark government is serious about jobs and families first, then a long overdue minimum wage increase should be the first step for the Clark government according to the BC
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BC leads in job losses, posts highest unemployment rate outside Atlantic Canada
February 4, 2011
Job numbers released today by Statistics Canada show British Columbia continues to lose jobs. BC lost 9,100 jobs in January and was the only province to see significant job losse
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Tree planters ruling highlights need for independent investigation of industry and coordinated enforcement
January 24, 2011
An award of $228,000 in back wages to a group of tree planters is a huge victory that shows the need for an independent investigation into the industry and coordinated enforcement to prevent simila
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Public Inquiry needed to clean up silviculture abuses
August 20, 2010
The BC Federation of Labour is calling on the provincial government to launch a public inquiry into silviculture regulations and enforcement in the provinc
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BC Liberal Platform ignores BC’s Job Crisis
April 15, 2009
Expanding Temporary Foreign Worker Program and freezing minimum wage hurts BC workers
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Financial aid for forest workers crucial, as industry crisis nears catastrophe
February 12, 2009
Vancouver—Financial aid for laid-off forest workers is a must, say labour leaders, including Jim Sinclair, President of the B.
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Economic Stimulus must focus on job creation not tax cuts
January 9, 2009
In the wake of rising unemployment numbers across the country, the B.
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Pay raise for political insiders, while minimum wage workers told not a penny
August 14, 2008
Published in the Times Colonist.
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