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Workplace Pensions

March 27, 2008

Submission to the Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards Review for Alberta & British Columbia.  For more information, Details »

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Mine safety still at risk with no action from government to improve safety laws

January 15, 2008

Vancouver-Mine safety is still at risk in British Columbia while the provincial government refuses to improve mine safety laws, says B.C. Federation of Labour President, Jim Sinclai

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BC Fed condemns expansion of temporary worker program—government fails to address rights of vulnerable workers

January 14, 2008

Vancouver-Today's latest expansion of the temporary foreign worker program means continued exploitation of foreign workers and fails to address the rights of vulnerable workers, says the B.

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No celebrations Friday for BC shipyard workers

December 13, 2007

BC Ferries launches first of German-built Super-C Class ferries that cost province 3,500 direct and indirect jobs, lost $542 million of BC investment, says BC Shipyard Workers' Federation

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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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Housing budget spends less on housing, more on tax cuts

April 26, 2007

New statistics show the BC Liberal’s have spent more in the budget on tax cuts to the wealthy than their recent announcement to spend $80 million to purchase 15 buildings for social housing.

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When's the last time they supported a minimum wage increase?

April 17, 2007

On his online site strategicthoughts.com pundit David Schreck takes aim at the corporate apologists opposed to increasing the minimum

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Machinists rally to save Air Canada maintenence jobs

March 24, 2007

Over 800 heavy aircraft maintenence jobs are disappearing from Air Canada's Vancouver operations.  Speakers at a rally today in Richmond to protest the lay-offs reminded protestors that Air Ca

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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