The United Steelworkers union (USW) welcome workers from ConocoPhillips in Montney, a small town north of Fort St. John, who have chosen to join the […]
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Following a remedial certification decision by the British Columbia Labour Relations Board, the United Steelworkers union (USW) is welcoming workers from West Bin Waste 2017 […]
The revelation this week at Victoria has put the Rural Dividend program on hiatus has drawn the ire of some Interior mayors and the B.C. […]
Workers at four interior sawmills have rejected a tentative collective agreement with CONIFER. USW Local 1-2017 recently concluded the ratification votes for 13 operations covered […]
Canfor announced today it will be curtailing sawmill operations in British Columbia during the fourth quarter due to log supply constraints, log costs and current […]
More than 1,600 forestry workers in the Interior could soon be hitting the bricks as USW Local 1-2017 has issued a 72-hour strike notice. The […]
After receiving a 93 per cent strike mandate from United Steelworkers Local 1-2017 members, the USW negotiating committee will resume bargaining with the Council of […]
Mill workers in the north have voted 92.6 per cent in favour of strike action. A total of 1,629 United Steelworkers Local 1-207 members voted […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca About 1,600 United Steelworkers across northern B.C. will be taking a strike vote over the next couple of weeks. Talks between […]
The Labour Relations Board has ordered Mount Polley Mining Corporation to compensate 26 workers it laid off in January. United Steelworkers Local 1-2017 challenged the […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS bill@pgdailynews.ca About 75 people showed up this morning to pay their respects to those who have died or been injured on the […]
The United Steelworkers union is urging the provincial government to allow the Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline to proceed. In a strongly worded letter to […]
The United Steelworkers (USW), joining with the Steelworkers Humanity Fund, are contributing $100,000 to ongoing relief and recovery efforts for the continuing wildfire crisis in […]
After two days of meetings with several U.S. Congressmen and Senators, the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce, a delegation of Canadian Steelworkers […]
It’s come full circle for the interior Steelworkers locals. Local 1-424 (Prince George) and Local 1-425 (Williams Lake) merged to become one large local on […]
The United Steelworkers is setting the record straight … it is not supporting the BC Liberals. The Province newspaper incorrectly reported that the United Steelworkers […]
In the 1940s and 1950s there were, literally, hundreds of small sawmills operating in the Prince George area. The International Woodworkers of America was looking […]
Two significant aspects of labour history will be commemorated on Tuesday, December 13 in Prince George. At 3:30 p.m., the Steelworkers union Local 1-424 and […]