Labour

Port of Vancouver truckers warn of strike over changes to upcoming ban on older rigs

VANCOUVER - The United Truckers Association says its members have voted unanimou...

Economic , Labour July 5, 2022

Alberta proclaims Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act

EDMONTON – The Alberta Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act has been...

Government , Labour July 5, 2022

Work ethic, knowledge and experience, not gender, measures true value: Moghani

Promoted to project manager by EllisDon in 2021, Pegah Moghani has always been i...

Labour June 29, 2022

Mitchell’s ‘dynamic capacity’ to drive change honoured by OAA

Named in honour of its 2005 president, the Ontario Association of Architects’ G....

Labour June 29, 2022

Chard welds together successful 20-year pipe welding career

When Courtney Chard entered the pipe welding trade, it is unlikely that anyone e...

Labour June 29, 2022

BCCA’s Builders Code helps build positive worksite cultures

A growing number of B.C. construction employers are adopting the Builders Code a...

Labour June 29, 2022

Authenticity a key tool for Primeau in her career pursuit

Tracy Primeau had originally planned on being a history teacher. But after gradu...

Labour June 29, 2022

Acres Enterprises safety advisor Olsen wins BCCA leadership award

Tammy Olsen, health, safety and environment (HSE) advisor at Acres Enterprises L...

Labour June 29, 2022

Ferenc blazes a trail of skilled trades ‘firsts’

Nominated for a 2022 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, and the recipi...

Labour June 29, 2022

Green converts millwright experience into skilled trades advocacy role

Jennifer Green’s career journey to become an industrial mechanic millwright took...

Labour June 29, 2022

UPDATE: Agreement reached to end concrete strike in B.C.

The five-week-old strike by Rempel Bros. Concrete truck drivers is over. A tent...

Labour June 24, 2022

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Labour shortage and the energy services sector

Canada’s energy service sector is bouncing back and now more than ever is the ti...

Labour , Resource June 24, 2022

Canadian job vacancies hit quarterly record high in Q1

OTTAWA—Job vacancies reached a record quarterly high of nearly one million in th...

Economic , Labour June 23, 2022

BCCA launches new mentorship program

VICTORIA – The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) has launched the...

Associations , Government , Labour June 23, 2022

Concrete crisis: Shortages cracking up B.C. construction

Fires, strikes, shipping challenges and more. A series of issues in B.C. are cr...

Associations , Economic , Labour June 21, 2022

DCN-JOC spotlight: Construction and National Indigenous Peoples Day

Taking place on the summer solstice (June 21), National Indigenous Peoples Day i...

Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource June 21, 2022

CN, union at loggerheads on wages, conditions as strike enters third day

MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. says it has gone the extra mile to meet...

Economic , Labour June 20, 2022

Your top JOC headlines: June 13 to 17

Your top JOC headlines this week feature coverage of a concrete worker strike th...

Economic , Government , Labour , OH&S , Projects , Technology June 17, 2022

MCAC urges government to act as labour, supply chains have ‘taken a beating’

The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada (MCAC) and the Canadian Institu...

Associations , Government , Labour June 16, 2022

Orion: Construction challenges piling up, putting projects at risk in B.C.

COVID-19, labour shortages, massive price fluctuations. For B.C. builders it see...

Economic , Labour , Projects June 15, 2022

Greater Vancouver feeling significant impacts of concrete worker strike

Approximately 35 per cent of Greater Vancouver’s concrete supply is out of commi...

Labour June 13, 2022

Dual credit funding assists aspiring trades students in Alberta

CALGARY, ALTA. — Alberta is investing $4 million to give students more opportuni...

Government , Labour June 13, 2022

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Veterans — The fast-track solution to our labour shortage gap

As a skilled trades professional and advocate for the industry, promoting trades...

Labour June 1, 2022

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Does the ‘Nudge Theory’ apply to trades and apprenticeship?

Recently I reacquainted myself with the research report It Pays to Hire an Appre...

Labour May 5, 2022

B.C. construction groups sign letter opposing union certification changes

A group of 23 B.C. business organizations, including many associated with the co...

Associations , Labour May 2, 2022

VIDEO: Canada’s impending labour crunch

Canada’s construction industry is currently seeing solid growth, with BuildForce...

Economic , Government , Labour April 29, 2022

A Day of Mourning social media snapshot

OTTAWA – Each and every year on April 28 organizations across the country pay tr...

Associations , Government , Labour , OH&S April 28, 2022

B.C. looks to regulate young workers in construction

B.C.’s Ministry of Labour is looking at changing regulations to protect more you...

Government , Labour April 27, 2022

Mining audit aims to boost worker safety

VICTORIA—B.C. officials have released a new report detailing the results of an a...

Labour , OH&S April 21, 2022

Liberals’ budget signals shift to soon let labour groups launch trade challenges

OTTAWA - One of the country's largest unions says a small change promised in the...

Government , Labour April 19, 2022

BCCA ‘appalled’ with union certification changes

B.C. is looking to amend its union certification system from a two-step to singl...

Associations , Government , Labour April 15, 2022

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: NDP launches assault on workers’ democratic rights

It’s hard to imagine that in 2022 in British Columbia, we are facing the prospec...

Associations , Labour April 13, 2022

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