by julianne Losito | Aug 28, 2020
August 28, 2020 THE BC BUILDING TRADES welcomes today’s decision by the B.C. Court of Appeal denying the Charter challenge to B.C.’s Community Benefits Agreement brought by the Independent Contractors and Business Association (ICBA), the Christian Labour...
by julianne Losito | Aug 26, 2020
August 26, 2020 The BC Building Trades is pleased to see the release of the Patterson report into the Workers’ Compensation System. The report flows from the review conducted by retired labour lawyer Janet Patterson last year. Patterson was appointed by the Ministry...
by Doug Cook | Aug 25, 2020
August 25, 2020 Executive Director’s Message by Andrew Mercier THE PAST FEW MONTHS have been marked by the emergence of the coronavirus and an unprecedented public health crisis. Construction workers have been at the front line of the pandemic, continuing to do the...
by Doug Cook | Aug 20, 2020
August 20, 2020 President’s Message by Al Phillips LEADERSHIP. One of the things that separates the BC Building Trades from many other organizations is our leadership. Our leaders for the most part began as apprentices, just as I did, and worked their way through the...
by BC Building Trades | Aug 14, 2020
August 14, 2020 The BC Building Trades congratulates Jeff Parr on his appointment as chair of the WorkSafeBC board of directors. Parr replaces Ralph McGinn, who passed away suddenly in May. “Jeff Parr is a proven leader and he demonstrated that recently during the...
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