Construction ramps up on CBA projects

by | Jul 29, 2020

July 29, 2020 Nearly two years after the Province of British Columbia announced it would begin to build publicly funded infrastructure projects under a Community Benefits Agreement, construction is finally underway on two cornerstone projects. Construction crews were...

WCB changes restore balance, protect injured workers

by | Jul 14, 2020

July 14, 2020 Changes to the Workers Compensation Act introduced today by the BC NDP government put injured workers first for the first time in two decades. “Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in B.C. and the men and women who work in this industry...
The Last Surviving Ironworker

The Last Surviving Ironworker

by | Jun 18, 2020

June 17, 2020 Lou Lessard, 91, shares his memories of that fateful day, June 17, 1958, when the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge collapsed. This video from Ironworkers Local 97 combines new and archival footage to show why we must continue to fight for the living, and...

Climbing the rungs to a more positive life

by | Jun 10, 2020

June 10, 2020 By Nicole Che Positivity sometimes sounds like New Age voodoo. If you’re deep in the pits of despair, someone telling you to be more positive often makes you want to positively tell them to mind their own business, or something to that effect. Obviously,...