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Your connection to more than 50,000 highly skilled workers.
We build:
- Residential and high-rise buildings
- Major institutional and industrial projects
- Roads
- Hydro electric construction
- And more
Learn how the BC Building Trades can help you bring your construction projects to the next level.
Latest News
‘Get Flushed’ gets prestigious Reed Award
May 12, 2022 THE BC BUILDING TRADES has won a prestigious international award for its cheeky advocacy campaign aimed at improving construction site sanitation. The organization won the 2022 Reed Award for Best International Campaign in the issue category for...
App will save lives of construction workers
April 27, 2022 HELP IS AT THE TIP OF YOUR FINGERS. The Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan (CIRP) is collaborating with Lifeguard Digital Health to customize the already popular Lifeguard app specifically for members of the building trades to access mental...
Op-Ed
B.C. Building Trades, not taxpayers, financed my Red Seal training
Union representative responds to Tom Fletcher's column Another week, another anti-worker rant from Tom Fletcher. The intrepid legislative columnist for Black Press, Fletcher works tirelessly to deliver us biased news and views from Victoria. His last column was no...
Labour Code raid window changes would’ve increased worker rights: Sigurdson
If there are two things workers value – in addition to the obvious, like wages and working conditions — it’s choice and voice. And because of this, I’m frankly puzzled that those who purport to support workers’ rights were opposed to Labour Code amendments that would...
College of the BCBT Apprenticeship Guide
College of the BC Building Trades Apprenticeship Guide
Use this guide to:
- Explore our programs
- Explore our training schools
- Learn about the College of the BC Building Trades advantage
Tradetalk
Read the Latest Edition of TradeTalk
Spring 2026 Vol. 29 No. 1
In this issue
- Crane operation to become certified
- Historic investment in training
- A tale of two bridge
- Momentum grows for shipbuilding
WE ARE INVOLVED WITH WORTHWHILE CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE REGION TO ENSURE ALL OUR MEMBERS ARE PRIMED FOR SUCCESS IN THE COMING YEARS
MEMBER RESOURCES
The BC Building Trades represents 50,000 highly skilled construction workers in British Columbia. Our members work in the industrial, commercial, institutional and residential sectors building our communities.
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We represent 50,000 highly skilled construction workers in B.C., and we are part of a network of 500,000 unionized construction workers across Canada.
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Members of a BC Building Trades union have access to health and welfare plans, pension plans, and mental health & addiction services.
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