Labour - Unions

06/12/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Premier David Eby visited the Crofton pulp mill in 2023 to announce government funding to help the facility. The company returned the money after it curtailed paper production. Photo via BC government.

Dec. 5, 2025

Raw log exports, capital flight and shuttered mills signal the fall of BC’s forestry sector.

The provincial Conservatives wasted no time calling for Forests Minister Ravi Parmar’s head this week after Domtar announced it would soon shutter its Crofton pulp mill.

02/12/25
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Care aide Edil Bukid said the changes are ‘about dignity for workers, for seniors and for their families who trust us.’ She was joined by the HEU’s Lynn Bueckert, MLA Susie Chant and Health Minister Josie Osborne for the announcement. Photo for The Tyee by Andrew MacLeod.

Dec. 2, 2025

The government will also continue funding some pandemic wage increases.

A Hospital Employees’ Union official said Monday that an agreement with the British Columbia government to bring some 5,000 workers at 100 care homes back into the sector’s main bargaining unit is a win for the union and seniors.

28/11/25
Author: 
Leah Montange
earth headscratching!

Nov. 28, 2025

Just as the COP30 meeting in Belen, Brazil, has ended, the last week of November is Canada Climate Week Xchange. We could hope this is good news, but instead of the week’s activities being sponsored by traditional climate organizations or climate innovators, it is organized by the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

23/11/25
Author: 
Robert Kuttner
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, had the Working Families Party endorsement. Credit: Michael Nigro/Sipa USA via AP Images

Nov. 18, 2025

When the Working Families Party was founded in 1998, the idea was to take advantage of the fusion law in New York that allows candidates to run on more than one ballot line. That way, the WFP could work to help progressive candidates win primaries and run on both the Democratic Party line and the Working Families line. And unlike typical third parties splitting the progressive vote, the WFP would never be in the role of spoiler helping to elect a Republican.

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