Highlights
Upcoming Events:
- June 18, 2010: 25th Annual Miners' Memorial Weekend
- June 21, 2010: Walk 4 Justice
June 11, 2010MILTON’S $14 MILLION COMPENSATION BAD NEWS FOR AIR CANADA TRAVELLERS AND EMPLOYEES
The BC Federation of Labour is joining unions at Air Canada in their condemnation of the compensation paid to Robert Milton. Milton, who ran Air Canada from 1994 to 2004, is now Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ACE Aviation Holdings. ACE was…
June 7, 2010BC Fed launches Employee Action and Rights Network
Today the B.C. Federation of Labour launched the Employee Action and Rights Network (EARN) in Vancouver. In 2002, the Liberal government gutted employment standards in BC. This included eliminating the requirement that basic employment standards be…
Issues and Campaigns
Minimum Wage
Minimum wage earners working full-time should earn at least enough to stay above the poverty line. That can only be achieved by immediately raising the minimum wage to at least $10.00 per hour. Details...
Childcare
B.C.'s working families need a real childcare plan that creates affordable quality spaces. That's why the B.C. Fed has joined with childcare advocates and the CodeBlue Coalition to ensure publicly funded, quality childcare is on both the national and provincial agenda.Details...
