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Free menstrual products to be offered on some public construction sites

by BC Building Trades | May 27, 2021

May 27, 2021 IT’S THE RIGHT thing to do. Period. On the eve of global Menstrual Hygiene Day May 28, BC Infrastructure Benefits (BCIB) announces it will provide free menstrual products to its employees, removing a barrier for people on some of the biggest...

Work better: Work Union – UNIONS RECRUITING JOURNEYS AND APPRENTICES FOR CONSTRUCTION BOOM

by Doug Cook | May 25, 2021

May 25, 2021 WANTED: TALENTED TRADESPEOPLE who enjoy fair wages, appreciate great benefits and want to work for reputable contractors. That’s the message from a number of B.C. construction unions as they ramp up for both small and large upcoming projects. “We are...

APPRENTICESHIP DENIED – Liberals’ evisceration of training system still felt a generation later

by Doug Cook | May 17, 2021

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...

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