by Doug Cook | Sep 28, 2021
September 28, 2021 I’VE HAD LOTS OF JOBS. As a teen, I washed dishes at an Italian fast food restaurant and sold toys and pet budgies at Woodward’s department store in Downtown Vancouver. I was a video rental clerk peddling VHS and Betamax copies of Top Gun and...
by Doug Cook | Sep 20, 2021
September 20, 2021 TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION will soon become law for 10 construction and automotive trades. In June, the BC NDP government announced a new skilled trades certification system aimed at addressing the demand for skilled trades workers in B.C., creating...
by Doug Cook | Sep 17, 2021
September 17, 2021 WHY JOIN A UNION? If you ask someone who is not a member of one, the response is typically about better wages, better pension and health plans. While these are the quantifiable benefits of being a union member, there are many other, often overlooked...
by Doug Cook | Sep 17, 2021
Certification of skilled trades announced
by Doug Cook | Aug 31, 2021
August 31, 2021 THERE IS A BUZZ of optimism about the future of British Columbia’s trades training system. Almost 20 years have passed since B.C. opted for a modularized and deregulated approach to training the next generation of apprentices. This correlated with...
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