by BC Building Trades | Apr 30, 2019
The BC Building Trades is generally pleased with proposed amendments to the BC Labour Code announced this morning by Labour Minister Harry Bains. “We are pleased with many of the proposed amendments, and we thank the minister for initiating the first full review of...
by BC Building Trades | Apr 29, 2019
The BC Building Trades applauds the BC Government for the changes to the Employment Standards Act proposed today. Introduced in the legislature this afternoon, the amendments include raising the age a child may work from 12 to 16 years, extending the time frame during...
by Doug Cook | Apr 29, 2019
Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) are growing in popularity in British Columbia, and for good reason. The provincial government introduced CBAs on public infrastructure projects in July 2018, while Vancouver became the first major city in Canada to implement a...
by Doug Cook | Apr 24, 2019
About 200 people attended the first Construction Trades Job Fair on March 30. The event was put on by the Trades Opportunity Group, a committee of the BC Building Trades.That was music to the ears of many of the tradespeople who attended the first Construction Trades...
by BC Building Trades | Apr 12, 2019
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...
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