VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Some 135 members of Public and Private Workers of Canada Local 8 set up strike picket lines Sept. 28 outside Lantic’s Rogers Sugar refinery. The previous contract had expired in February. Pickets also set up on…
RICHMOND, British Columbia — “We are staying strong in our fight for a living wage. Solidarity from other unions is very important,” Ana Wong, a housekeeper for over 30 years at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport and member of UNITE HERE…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — “We need a living wage to be able to afford to live in Vancouver and work here,” Aaron Nakonechny, Service Employees International Union Local 300 member and shop steward, told the Militant on the picket line…
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia — “Every day we’re out we become more determined. The support we get on cold wet days means a lot to us,” picket organizer Elizabeth Roux told more than 100 striking members of Canadian Union of Public…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union, representing some 33,000 public sector workers, voted 95% for strike action to fight for cost-of-living protection against soaring prices. On Aug. 15, 950 workers walked off the job at the…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Over 500 striking members of United Steelworkers Local 1937 and their supporters marched and rallied at Western Forest Products corporate headquarters in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Nov. 6. Workers came by busload from throughout the area. Some…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Some 2,600 loggers and sawmill workers who are members of United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 have been winning solidarity in their strike against Western Forest Products. The unionists, who walked out July 1, are fighting concessions demanded…
DELTA, British Columbia — The bosses at Avcorp Industries Inc. locked out 300 members of the International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 11 Sept. 16 here. For several weeks the workers had carried out rotating strikes against the concessions bosses…
DELTA, British Columbia — Over 150 day-shift workers, members of International Association of Machinists Local 11, walked off the job Aug. 1 to protest Avcorp’s concession demands. These include attacks on seniority rights and vacations, contracting out jobs, and no…
