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BCBT takes issue with report on substance use in the construction industry

by Doug Cook | Mar 14, 2023

March 13, 2023 Response to Blueprint for Action in BC Report The ‘Construction Safety and Substance Use: Blueprint for Action in BC’ report was recently released. It was sponsored by the employer association BC Construction Safety Alliance. An initial review of the...

Labour availability, support for transitioning workers remain key priorities for budget 2023

by Doug Cook | Feb 15, 2023

February 15, 2023 TO ENSURE WORKERS’ voices are heard, Canada’s Building Trades Unions has made pre-budget submissions to the federal government, outlining the priorities of the building trades for the year ahead. “It was through early and consistent advocacy that the...

DECONSTRUCTING A MEME – Pile drivers and operating engineers take on removal of famous barge

by Doug Cook | Jan 25, 2023

January 25, 2023 FROM THE DAY THE BIG RED BARGE washed up on Sunset Beach in the midst of raging storms last winter, it captured a special place in the collective minds of Metro Vancouver residents. The barge was a tourist attraction. It was called a living monument...

BUILDING TRADES BID FAREWELL TO THE BEST PREMIER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS EVER HAD

by Doug Cook | Jan 5, 2023

January 5, 2023 When B.C. Premier John Horgan gave his final speech at the BC Building Trades 50th annual convention in October, it was clear that this was a man with high regard for the province’s unionized construction workers. The warmth and camaraderie were...

Chance Connection, Big Opportunity

by Doug Cook | Dec 1, 2022

November 30, 2022 Lisa Flesher, Service Rep, LiUNA! 1611 WHEN LISA FLESHER was 18, she wrote an essay about her life for a high school assignment. She detailed her parents’ breakup, her mom’s descent into drug addiction and sex work, being in and out of foster care...

Help for members with mental health and substance use challenges

by Doug Cook | Oct 6, 2022

October 6, 2022 THE OPIOID CRISIS has taken an especially hard toll on the building and construction industry, and it is likely that everyone in the industry knows someone who has been affected by the crisis. “It’s widely acknowledged, and the numbers show, that the...

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BCBT takes issue with report on substance use in the construction industry

Labour availability, support for transitioning workers remain key priorities for budget 2023

DECONSTRUCTING A MEME – Pile drivers and operating engineers take on removal of famous barge

BUILDING TRADES BID FAREWELL TO THE BEST PREMIER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS EVER HAD

Chance Connection, Big Opportunity

Help for members with mental health and substance use challenges

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