Local Union News

Happy retirement to Jim McKenna! Jim is a 42-year Teamsters member and has dedicated 44 years of service to the Bailey Group.   Throughout his career, Jim has been an integral part of the bargaining process, serving as a shop steward and playing a key role in achieving meaningful improvements at the negotiating table. His … Read More

What an honour it was for Teamsters Local 213 to be invited to the BC Special Olympics Athletes’ Christmas Party this year!   213 Business Agent Jim Loyst was humbled by the heartfelt thank-yous from the athletes for the support we raised through the Teamsters Local 213 Charity Golf Tournament.   Thanks to Sheila Hogan … Read More

Teamsters 213 Principal Officer and BC Building Trades Vice-President Tony Santavenere and BC Building Trades President Al Phillips were pleased to meet with Premier David Eby at the BC Building Trades Annual Christmas Party today. The Premier spoke about his plan for economic growth for the province and the importance of unionized workers in building … Read More

At the end of November we told you the story of Al Bryce, a 50-year Teamsters 213 member and concrete truck driver with Amrize Canada. Not only did the article receive amazing feedback on our social media channels, it was picked up in the media as well! Al’s story was featured in the Langley Advance … Read More

By Jeremy Allingham It was the spring of 1975 and 21-year-old Al Bryce had taken the wheel of a Lafarge concrete truck for the very first time. It was intense. It was exhilarating. But there was just one problem: he had absolutely no idea what he was doing. His father-in-law Abe Schroeder had brought him … Read More

Teamsters 213 wishes a happy retirement to Mike Loftus. Mike is retiring from Old Dutch Foods after 43 years of service, with 40 of those years as Shop Steward. We’re wishing him all the best in his well-deserved post-work life. Mike is pictured with Teamsters 213 Business Representatives Rob Moody and Anita Dawson.

It was an honour to have our Teamsters Local 213 delegates joining BC Building Trades tradeswomen from across B.C. at the first ever Built To Rise conference in Vancouver, organized by the BC Building Trades Council and Build Together BC. Our delegates had the opportunity to network, share their experiences and learn more about getting … Read More

Teamsters Local 213 principal officer Tony Santavenere was pleased to meet with Premier David Eby today. Santavenere thanked the Premier for his government’s recent commitment to significant increases to trades training funding. He also thanked the Premier for putting limits on employer’s requests for sick notes, which will save our members time and money.   … Read More