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A pdf of the complete submission can be found here. The BC Federation of Labour (“Federation” “BCFED”) appreciates the opportunity to provide our submission with respect to the proposed amendments to policy in the Assessment Manual regarding determining the employer of volunteer firefighters. The BCFED represents more than 500,000 members of our affiliated unions, from more than 1,100 locals

The most important right workers have is the right to come home at the end of the working day as safe and healthy as when they left. Yet so very often, that isn’t the case. In the past year, there were 195 worker deaths reported. We must ask: why does that number remain so high year after year? Why are there so many more workers whose lives are devastatingly altered by illness or injury? And what

This is a submission from the BC Federation of Labour to the WCB regarding the consultation on proposed occupational exposure limits based on the new or revised ACGIG TLVs for selected chemical substances

International Women’s Day 2025 finds women and gender-diverse people in an increasingly precarious place. By standing together and fighting, we’ve made important progress in recent years here in BC and we cannot let that progress be threatened. Women — already hardest hit by everything from workplace harassment and violence to the affordability crisis — now see our fundamental rights under attack

BC budget rejects austerity, holds the line on services families need (Victoria) With Donald Trump implementing across-the-board tariffs on Canadian exports, it’s more important than ever to protect working people and their jobs, the BCFED said today. “Working people are already facing tough times, and these tariffs threaten to make them a lot harder. So it’s good to see the BC budget reject

Defending our workers and our economy requires immediate action. But our vulnerability to the whims of one man signals the need for deeper, more far-reaching change.