When we build BC, let's do it right: with the quality construction and local economic boost that comes with good, union jobs.
This BC Building Trades statement makes the case perfectly. bcbuildingtrades.org/bc-building-...
So when the BC Conservatives introduced a bill today to scrap those agreements, they showed very clearly whose side they're on. It isn't working people. It's the corporations that want to slash wages, benefits and training, cut corners — and pocket the difference. #BCPoli
They keep money in our communities, so they help build local economies, too. And they open up promising new careers in the skilled trades, including from groups who've found those doors too often closed in the past.
Community Benefit Agreements mean BC workers and communities get the most out of major construction projects: training, well paying jobs and a boost to local economies. Conservatives want to get rid of them so their big business friends can pay workers less and pocket the difference. SUSSANNE SKIDMORE - PRESIDENT, BCFED
When we invest in building major projects in BC, it's just common sense to get the most out of that investment for workers and communities.
That's why Community Benefit Agreements and Project Labour Agreements exist. They guarantee local hiring, good wages, solid safety practices & training. #BCLab
Congratulations to the @bctf.bsky.social on ratifying their new four-year collective agreement! And thank you for all the hard work you do on behalf of students, their families and our communities. ❤️ #BCLab #BCEd
So when the BC Conservatives introduced a bill today to scrap those agreements, they showed very clearly whose side they're on. It isn't working people. It's the corporations that want to slash wages, benefits and training, cut corners — and pocket the difference. #BCPoli
They keep money in our communities, so they help build local economies, too. And they open up promising new careers in the skilled trades, including from groups who've found those doors too often closed in the past.
Photo of labour leaders and Minister Whiteside. Caption: "New crane safety rules will save lives."
The new crane safety measures announced today by BC Labour Minister @jenniferwhiteside.bsky.social will save lives and make construction sites safer across the province, say the BC Federation of Labour, BC Building Trades and IUOE Local 115.
See our full release at bcfed.ca/news/release.... #BCLab
Please join us as we honour their lives as well as the important work all farmers do, and lift up their ongoing struggle for dignity and safety.
Golden Tree Farmworkers' Memorial 2026 Ceremony Sunday, March 8 12:30-3:30 PM Matsqui Centennial Auditorium and Friendship Garden at Abbotsford City Hall 32315 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford BC
On Sunday, March 8, please join us at 12:30 at Abbotsford's Matsqui Centennial Auditorium and the Golden Tree monument to remember three farmworkers — Sukhvinder Kaur Punia, Amarjit Kaur Bal and Sarabjit Kaur Sidhu — who were killed in the rollover of the overloaded van taking them to work.
#BCLab
Which is why the WCB is developing new rules on harassment. And it's why the BCFED is pushing to bring those rules forward as soon as possible, and to make them as strong as possible.
Because bullying and harassment are unacceptable — everywhere and anywhere.
#PinkShirtDay #BCLab
Employers have a duty to ensure workers are safe from all forms of workplace harassment, and to take effective action whenever it happens. Too many of them don't, though.
Pink shirt and BCFED logo
Today is #PinkShirtDay, when we take a collective stand against bullying and harassment. It began in response to the homophobic bullying of a young boy at school. The focus today is still on schools, but bullying and harassment happen in workplaces everywhere. And they can do real, lasting damage.
It's a tough time to govern. But it's an even tougher time to make ends meet as a worker. And this budget should have done more to make that easier.
And funding cuts at the Employment Standards Branch — already struggling to keep up with demand — make no sense. They'll put BC's lowest-paid, most vulnerable workers at even greater risk of wage theft and other employer abuse.
...there's no strategy to address the crisis in post-secondary education, no clarity on where job losses in the public sector will come, and tax increases aren't focused where they should be: on corporations and the wealthiest.
There are big funding lifts for skills training and childcare, and the government is preserving some key public services — all very important measures. But...
The province's 2026 budget just dropped. And while it includes some important, welcome investments, the government missed some crucial opportunities to help working people weather the storm.
See our full response at bcfed.ca/news/release.... #BCLab #BCPoli
Ramadan Mubarak
Ramadan Mubarak to Muslim working people and their families throughout BC and around the world.
In this time of struggle and uncertainty, may the coming month of reflection and fasting inspire us all in our shared work of peace, compassion and justice.
That's great energy to take into a year when we plan to lean hard into organizing! And let's be inspired by those traits to come together and change things for the better.
To everyone celebrating today, a very happy new year. And may the coming year bring peace, justice and prosperity to us all.
Happy Lunar New Year!
A very happy Lunar New Year! This is the Year of the Fire Horse, representing change, boldness, hard work and adaptability, not to mention pushing boundaries.
Government income supports for seniors must be improved: adjusted for inflation food & rent costs have risen significantly more than inflation.
Senior economist Iglika Ivanova calls for non-market housing to be expanded as one way to address seniors' poverty.
On behalf of working people throughout BC, we send our heartfelt condolences to everyone who lost a friend or loved one, to everyone hurt or wounded, and to the community of Tumbler Ridge. An injury to one is an injury to all of us. We share your pain, and we stand with you in grief and solidarity.
Let’s recommit to ensuring our schools and communities are safe, inclusive places where all are welcome. To providing the services and mental health supports that people in communities of all sizes need and deserve. And to doing all we can to allow everyone to live free from the threat of violence.
Sadly, a small group is politicizing the shooter’s gender identity to spread fear and prejudice. To BC’s transgender and gender-diverse community, we extend our full support and solidarity. We are with you now and always.
Times like these are when we see British Columbia at its most compassionate, coming together in shared grief and caring.
We’re thinking as well of educators across BC as they cope with the loss of a colleague, the deaths and injuries among students, and the thought of such horrific violence coming in a place where everyone deserves to feel safe.
Our thoughts are also with the first responders, health care workers, community workers and other frontline workers who are providing such crucial care and support, while they carry so much themselves.
Today our province is in mourning, with the magnitude of Tuesday’s tragedy in Tumbler Ridge becoming clear. We’re especially heartbroken to know that so many of those killed and injured were children. To everyone in the community, we send our deepest sympathies. #TumblerRidge
In times of enormous tragedy and grief, their commitment and compassion help lift up all of us.
Our heartfelt condolences and solidarity go out to everyone affected.
