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We represent 25 local craft construction unions belonging to 13 international unions. Our 35,000 highly skilled members account for approximately 55 per cent of the non-residential construction labour force in B.C.
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BCBT pleased with $20.1 billion commitment to public infrastructure
The BC Building Trades applauds Budget 2019's commitment of $20.1 billion in public infrastructure investment ̶ the highest level ever for a three-year fiscal plan. The capital spending will be used to build hospitals, schools, post-secondary facilities, transit and...
read moreWorkers, family, dignitaries gather at Bentall memorial to honour men killed
Vancouver, BC — Thirty-eight years ago, four men went to work building one of Downtown Vancouver’s most iconic highrises: the Bentall Centre Tower IV. Those men never came home. “Every year, we gather to remember the lives of carpenters Gunther Couvreux, Brian...
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LNG Canada committed to B.C. workers and to apprentices
Temporary foreign workers at the LNG Canada project in Kitimat will comprise fewer than five per cent of the workers, as promised by LNG Canada. Put another way, 95 per cent of the workforce will be Canadian. These estimates were released last summer in briefing notes...
read moreAnti-union rhetoric doesn’t hold up
LMS Reinforcing Steel Group president and chief operating officer Norm Streu's rhetoric is hard to swallow in his recent guest column in the Prince George Citizen on the provincial government's new Community Benefits construction framework. Let's recap: Streu concedes...
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Spring 2019 Vol. 22 No. 1
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- LNG industry in British Columbia
- Community Benefits Agreement conference
- BC Fed leadership change
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