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- And more
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52nd Constitutional Convention of the BC Building Trades
Stronger Together
Victoria, March 9-12, 2025
Latest News
FLUSH TOILETS MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE, BUT SOME EMPLOYERS HOLDING OUT
May 12, 2025 CELINE HARMEL HAD BEEN WORKING at the Artesia construction site in Metrotown for seven or eight months when the site finally got flush toilets this past December. While she believes the site should always have had flush toilets, it came at an opportune...
PIPELINE TO GREATNESS: MEET CHASE BAKER
March 15, 2025 CHASE BAKER IS JUST ABOUT to turn 18. And while he doesn’t have his entire career mapped out just yet, he’s moving full speed ahead in the pipefitting industry thanks to a try-a-trade program he took this past summer on the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN)....
Op-Ed
The Meaning of Solidarity – the Executive Director’s Message
May 12, 2025 J.S. WOODSWORTH WROTE A FAMOUS grace that said: “What we desire for ourselves, we wish for all. To this end may we take our share in the world’s work and the world’s struggles.” It’s so simple, and yet, so powerful. It is a call to action. A perpetual...
Facing Trump’s tariffs: Solidarity required – President’s Message
April 7, 2025 SWEEPING U.S. TARIFFS AGAINST CANADA have people across the country seriously concerned. The 25 per cent tariffs on most goods and 10 per cent on oil and gas have potential to impact our economy and and threaten important industries. These actions...
College of the BCBT Apprenticeship Guide
College of the BC Building Trades Apprenticeship Guide
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Tradetalk
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Spring 2025 Vol. 28 No. 1
In this issue
- Flush toilets arriving on large sites.
- Powering up Site C
- Facing Trump’s tariffs: Solidarity required
WE ARE INVOLVED WITH WORTHWHILE CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE REGION TO ENSURE ALL OUR MEMBERS ARE PRIMED FOR SUCCESS IN THE COMING YEARS
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The BC Building Trades represents 45,000 highly skilled construction workers in British Columbia. Our members work in the industrial, commercial, institutional and residential sectors building our communities.
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The Labour Mobility Deduction (LMD) allows eligible tradespeople, including apprentices and journeyworkers, to claim a deduction for specific expenses.
Learn more: https://www.buildingtrades.ca/en/labour-mobility-tax-deduction/
There were 1,866 workers on the Site C project in December, nearly 80% of whom are from B.C.
Learn more in our latest employment report: https://ow.ly/myUo50UTArp