Anti-union rhetoric doesn’t hold up

by | Feb 11, 2019

LMS Reinforcing Steel Group president and chief operating officer Norm Streu’s rhetoric is hard to swallow in his recent guest column in the Prince George Citizen on the provincial government’s new Community Benefits construction framework. Let’s...

A Better Way To Manage B.C.’s Public Construction

by | Oct 14, 2018

B.C. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claire Trevena offers a rebuttal to B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson’s criticism of the NDP approach to public construction. Special to Black Press. Opposition Leader Andrew Wilkinson’s commentary on Community...

Happy Labour Day from the BC Building Trades!

by | Aug 30, 2018

Date:  Thursday, August 30, 2018 For many of us, Labour Day traditionally signals an end to those lazy, hazy days of summer and the beginning of cooler temperatures, shorter evenings and more golden leaves on the ground.  Happy Labour Day, everyone! For many...

Government’s Union Deal Misrepresented

by | Aug 13, 2018

Re: Victoria councillors not unanimous in vote to remove Sir John A. Macdonald statue, Aug. 9 The removal of John A. Macdonald’s statue from the Victoria city hall precincts should be hailed as a victory for all those intent on destroying English Canada to clear the...

Busting myths about the community benefits agreement

by | Aug 7, 2018

As president of the Allied Infrastructure and Related Construction Council of B.C., which is the formal body tasked with administering the new Community Benefits Agreement for members of all the affiliated unions, I feel like my title is more fittingly “myth buster,”...