BC Politics

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

BC teachers need to push NDP for fundamental change

PV March 1, 2024

By Kimball Cariou As delegates gather on March 16-19 for the annual BC Teachers’ Federation convention, it’s clear that despite the change in government seven years ago, the public school system here continues to...

3 Minutes

British Columbia Canada Labour

BC public sector workers closer to strike action

DG August 1, 2022

By Kimball Cariou Just as the NDP majority in the BC Legislature starts to choose a new premier, a potential strike by 33,000 public sector workers is moving closer. Soon after John Horgan announced...

5 Minutes

Canada Labour

Forestry workers still standing strong in face of corporate attacks

PV February 4, 2020

After being on strike for 7 months, 2600 members of United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 are still picketing outside Western Forest Products (WFP) sawmills on Vancouver Island. This is one of this union’s longest strikes...

5 Minutes

Canada Labour

No picnic for workers under Horgan NDP government

PV February 1, 2020

“Time flies when you’re having fun,” as the old saying goes. But it hasn’t quite worked out that way for workers in British Columbia, since the anti-labour Liberals were defeated in 2017. With the...