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We represent 25 local craft construction unions belonging to 13 international unions. Our 40,000 highly skilled members account for approximately 55 per cent of the non-residential construction labour force in B.C.
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APPRENTICESHIP DENIED – Liberals’ evisceration of training system still felt a generation later
May 17, 2021 WHEN THE BC LIBERALS DEFEATED THE NDP in May 2001, everyone expected changes to apprenticeship training. But few expected the degree of devastation that followed. The Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission (ITAC) was dissolved in 2003 and...
Modernizing toilet facilities in construction long overdue
April 21, 2021 EVERYBODY DOES IT, but only construction workers are expected to do it in a filthy portable toilet. “We’re talking about the sanitation practices for workers on construction sites,” said Brynn Bourke, interim executive director for BCBT. “The time has...
Op-Ed
Executive Director’s Message – The big impact of all the little things that make our communities better
April 9, 2021 AFTER BEING WITH THE BUILDING TRADES for most of a decade, I’ve had the unique privilege of seeing what we can accomplish when we work together. There are many big things we do that make their way into the public; like the big infrastructure projects we...
President’s Message – Generations of skilled tradespeople passing along the talents of their craft
March 22, 2021 MANY OF US IN THE BUILDING TRADES have had the fortunate experience of having family and friends in the business. I myself had my father, who is a plumber by trade and has been working in the industry his whole life. Being a plumber allowed him to...
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Spring 2021 Vol. 24 No. 1
In This Issue
- Apprenticeship Denied
- All in the Family
- COVID, Construction & the Classroom
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That time the Liberals eviscerated the entire apprenticeship system and derailed the careers of a generation of tradespeople... ... https://bcbuildingtrades.org/apprenticeship-denied-liberals-evisceration-of-training-system-still-felt-a-generation-later/