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The following is a statement from BC Federation of Labour President Irene Lanzinger to mark International Women’s Day, March 8: “As we celebrate International Women’s Day for 2017, a provincial election that has profound consequences for women is just around the corner on May 9. How have women fared under six years of Christy Clark and 16 years of BC Liberal government? How has the pursuit of

The BC Federation of Labour is voicing its concern that governments across Canada must do more to protect worker safety, after a Winnipeg bus driver was murdered in an attack by a passenger on February 14. BCFED President Irene Lanzinger extends condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of Irvine Jubal Fraser. The Amalgamated Transit Union member was stabbed at the last stop in his work

The following is a statement from Irene Lanzinger, president of the BC Federation of Labour. “The month of February 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the celebration of Black History Month in Canada. As we continue to bear witness to the ongoing struggle for equitable treatment of black people in our communities, we are reminded not only of black leaders and activists in society of decades past

The following is a statement from Irene Lanzinger, President of the BC Federation of Labour: “To the victims and their families of the January 29th terrorist attack on the Centre Cultural Islamique de Quebec which took the lives of Abdelkrim Hassane, 41, Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, Ibrahima Barry, 39, Azzeddine Soufiane, 57, Khaled Belkacemi, 60, and Aboubaker Thabti, 44. On behalf of over 500,000

Vancouver-The following is a statement from Irene Lanzinger, President of the BC Federation of Labour, to commemorate December 6: Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, a day marked nationally to honour the fourteen women at Ecole Polytechnique who were massacred simply for choosing to train for professions in the trades. 2016 marks 27 years since this