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Upcoming Events:
- February 3, 2009: Understanding and Preventing Stress in the Workplace OHS Course Powell River
- February 4, 2009: Basic OHS Course Powell River
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Affiliate News
- Bill 29 compensation to be paid to more than 7,000 health care workers
- First FPSE agreement at private language school
- Scotland puts an end to service privatization in hospitals
- CUPE challenges UBC to be a better employer
- Farmworkers sent home after exercising human rights
- BC Farmworkers Join UFCW Canada
- Long-term care beds must remain open on Vancouver Island to meet needs of seniors
- Nurses welcome court ruling keeping InSite open
- Legislation restores health care workers' collective bargaining rights
- FPSE Calls for Emergency Summit of Post-Secondary Leaders
- SAFEWAY Members Vote 99% For Strike Action
What's New
December 18, 2008Victims’ families and advocates still waiting for justice in death of three women farmworkers
Abbotsford—Victims’ families and labour advocates are still waiting for justice in the death of three women farmworkers March 7, 2007. The women, Sarbjit Kaur Sidhu, 30, Amarjit Bal, 52, and Sukhvinder Kaur Punia, 52, died when the overloaded…
December 17, 2008Driver of Van Involved in Fatal Crash Killing Farmworkers to be Sentenced Tomorrow in Abbotsford Provincial Courthouse
Harwinderpal Kaur Gill the driver of the passenger van involved in a fatal crash last year killing three women farmworkers, will be sentenced tomorrow in the Abbotsford Provincial Courthouse. Sarbjit Kaur Sidhu, 30, Amarjit Bal, 52 and Sukhvinder…
Issues and Campaigns
Minimum Wage
Minimum wage earners working full-time should earn at least enough to stay above the poverty line. That can only be achieved by immediately raising the minimum wage to at least $10.00 per hour. Details...
Childcare
B.C.'s working families need a real childcare plan that creates affordable quality spaces. That's why the B.C. Fed has joined with childcare advocates and the CodeBlue Coalition to ensure publicly funded, quality childcare is on both the national and provincial agenda.Details...
