Labour

Your top JOC headlines: Sept. 18 to 22

Your top JOC headlines this week feature coverage of BCIT’s $33 million funding...

Labour , Projects September 22, 2023

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: B.C.’s CBA is good for business and good for society

We should be proud that our Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) is delivering wha...

Labour September 20, 2023

Landscape architect Cormier leaves legacy of beloved public squares, parks

MONTREAL — Claude Cormier, founding principal of Claude Cormier & Associes L...

Labour September 18, 2023

Federal government launches skilled trades awareness campaign

OTTAWA – The Government of Canada is launching a new awareness campaign to highl...

Government , Labour September 14, 2023

Surrey high schoolers fast-track into apprenticeship roles

A union local and Surrey contractor are collaborating to get students leaving hi...

Labour September 13, 2023

Peak Products celebrates 25 years with donation of SFU grants

VANCOUVER - Home renovation company Peak Products is celebrating 25 years in bus...

Economic , Labour September 12, 2023

Invisible, irreplaceable: rebar specialist Kit Steel takes pride in work nobody sees

The website for Welland, Ont.’s Kit Steel features photos of fully-completed pro...

Labour September 11, 2023

BCIT adopts Ryder Architecture designed microcredential program

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is adopting a ve...

Labour September 8, 2023

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Prevailing wage will benefit all skilled trades workers

In the 2023 federal budget, the government proposed Investment Tax Credits for g...

Associations , Labour September 6, 2023

Saskatchewan announces Indigenous mining skills training funding

REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan announced Sept. 1 a three-month agreemen...

Government , Labour September 5, 2023

MHCA announces ‘barriers to entry’ survey results

WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Heavy Construction Association (MHCA) has released the r...

Labour September 5, 2023

BCIT appoints new dean for School of Construction and the Environment

VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Institute of Technology has announced Dr. Guido...

Labour September 5, 2023

Survey: Sponsorship, not mentorship, the answer to advancing women in construction

What women really need in order to advance in the construction industry is spons...

Labour , US News August 23, 2023

VIU program aims to help newcomers to Canada join the trades

NANAIMO, B.C. – Vancouver Island University (VIU) in Nanaimo, B.C. is introducin...

Labour August 16, 2023

Group of Seven painting inspires historic barn restoration

When Dale and Dave Cox drove up with the real estate agent to the old property i...

Labour August 15, 2023

Your top JOC headlines: Aug. 7 to 11

Your top JOC headlines this week feature an update, or lack thereof, on the Mani...

Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects August 11, 2023

Minister launches review of B.C. port strike case to uncover ‘structural issues’

VANCOUVER — Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan is launching an examination o...

Government , Labour August 10, 2023

Terms of new contract that resolved B.C. port dispute released

VANCOUVER — The Canada Industrial Relations Board has released the new terms of...

Labour August 9, 2023

BCRCC trains Indigenous tradespeople for Cowichan hospital project

DUNCAN, B.C. – The BC Regional Council of Carpenters (BCRCC) recently trained si...

Labour August 9, 2023

Unifor president demands SNC Lavalin reinstate fired union head

MONTREAL - The head of Canada's largest private sector union is calling out SNC-...

Labour August 9, 2023

Unemployment rate ticks up to 5.5% in July as job creation lags population growth

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says employment was little changed last month as the...

Economic , Labour August 8, 2023

B.C. port workers ratify deal, ending long labour dispute

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's port workers have voted almost 75 per cent in fav...

Government , Labour , Resource August 5, 2023

Union vote begins on B.C. port deal that could end months long dispute

VANCOUVER — A union vote among British Columbia port workers is underway to dete...

Labour August 3, 2023

Early 2023 workforce stats for women look strong

Maybe, just maybe, efforts to recruit more women into the construction workforce...

Labour August 2, 2023

Industrial board warns union bosses not to backtrack on new B.C. port deal

VANCOUVER — The union representing about 7,400 workers in the British Columbia p...

Labour August 1, 2023

Breakthrough in B.C. port dispute as new tentative deal is reached

VANCOUVER — A late-night breakthrough could herald an end to British Columbia's...

Labour July 31, 2023

B.C. port strike cost CPKC railway $80 million, exec says

The B.C. port workers' strike deprived Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. of scor...

Economic , Labour July 28, 2023

Your top JOC headlines: July 24 to 28

Your top JOC headlines this week feature news a strike was averted at the Kitima...

Government , Labour , OH&S , Projects July 28, 2023

Staff at lodge for LNG workers in Kitimat, B.C., win 40% pay bump, averting strike

KITIMAT, B.C. — Employees at a lodge housing workers for LNG Canada's under-cons...

Labour July 26, 2023

B.C. port workers mull contract offer as expert warns of more labour strife

VANCOUVER — More large-scale disputes like the industrial action at British Colu...

Labour July 26, 2023

B.C. port workers will set eyes on contract offer from maritime employers

VANCOUVER — Thousands of workers at British Columbia's ports will take off the d...

Labour July 25, 2023

B.C. announces creation of trades-focused centre for clean energy

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is slated to become home to a new centre where peop...

Government , Labour July 24, 2023

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