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Time To Bring Them Home
October 29, 2007
Authors: Jim Sinclair, President, British Columbia Federation of Labour
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Worried about CN derailments? Relax - only 997 years left on the lease
August 14, 2007
Opinion-Editorial
By Jim Sinclair, President, B.C. Federation of Labour
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A SUMMER SEQUEL NO ONE WANTS TO SEE
July 20, 2007
In a summer full of blockbuster sequels at local movie theatres, there is sequel of a different sort coming soon to Vancouver port
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THE COAST’S MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS DON’T INCLUDE LABOUR COSTS
July 20, 2007
Almost every British Columbian knows that our BC coastal forest industry's biggest problem is lack of investment.
That was already the case in 2001when D
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BC farmworkers deserve protection not exploitation
March 23, 2007
First published in the Vancouver Sun, March 14, 2007
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Conservative Budget all talk when it comes to working families
March 23, 2007
First appeared in Business in Vancouver
By Jim Sinclair, President, B.C. Federation of Labour
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Jim Sinclair opinion-editorial published in the Vancouver Sun
March 13, 2007
The March 7 death of three female farm workers, when the overloaded passenger van they were travelling in crashed east of Abbotsford, left us with a simple choice.
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Trades Apprentices Talk Union
October 2, 2006
"Why do pensions matter?" That was just one of the questions facing Jim Sinclair as he spent his morning with a group of young apprentices.
Thirty-three 1st and 4th year apprentices, members of the Sheet Metal Workers Union (SMWU) Local 280 opened their classroom to hear Sinclair’s views on the labour movement. "It’s about respect. Respect for the craft and respect for us as workers," the B.C. Federation of Labour President said as he outlined the history of the SMWU and their predecessor guilds. Most in the room were first time union members, their only experience with a union often just what they’ve seen of picket lines on the news.
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Budget 2005 – A Labour Perspective
February 15, 2006
Opinion Editorial
As Written for Business in Vancouver
(Issue 800 Feb 22-28, 2005)
In his debut as BC's Finance Minister, Colin Hansen's first budget is a confusion of facts, contradictions and old-fashioned pork barrel politics. It provides little vision for our future and nothing to repair the damage done by BC Liberals over the last three and a half years.
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