Congratulations to Gurmail Gill who is retiring from SunRype Products Kelowna after 29 years of service as an NPF Process Operator.   Great work, Gurmail! Enjoy your well-deserved retirement.

The Teamsters Local 213 executive and staff were acclaimed with a white ballot at yesterday’s nomination meeting.   Principal Officer Tony Santavenere is honoured to serve the members of Teamsters Local 213 for the next five years.   Congratulations and thanks to the people who have stepped up to lead our union. Now we continue … Read More

Happy retirement and huge congratulations to Teamsters Local 213 member Mike Hacault, who is retiring after 48 years! What an amazing run! Congratulations and enjoy the time off!! (L-R): Jesse Uppal – Local 213 Steward, Keith Martin – Local 213 Steward, Mike Hacault, Shaun Halliday – Local 213 Steward

Statement from Teamsters Local 213 Principal Officer Tony Santavenere: “BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson says he wants to scrap the Massey Tunnel replacement project. Let me be clear: scrapping this project would be a huge mistake and a giant waste of money.  Construction activities have been underway on the project for more than nine months … Read More

Today, Teamsters Local 213 Principal Officer Tony Santavenere was please to meet with BC Hydro Chair of the Board, Glen Clark. There were excellent discussions around future BC Hydro projects.   Tony was joined by his TEL Group colleagues Nav Malhotra with LIUNA Local 1611 and Bryan Railton with IUOE Local 115 who joined remotely. … Read More

Union labour builds better and saves money! A new independent report finds Western Canadian union labour is 17% more productive than open shop. Even while earning higher wages, union workers deliver 7% lower project costs. That’s $70,000 in savings on every $1m of project cost. We’re proud that our members are the best of the … Read More

Teamsters Local 213 is pleased to celebrate the final investment decision for LNG Canada Phase 2.   This multi-billion-dollar expansion will add two more liquefaction trains and double the facility’s export capacity from about 14 million to 28 million tonnes of LNG per year.   Teamsters Local 213 members worked incredibly hard to ensure LNG … Read More

Another successful Teamsters Local 213 Golf Tournament is in the books! We are incredibly proud to announce that this year’s tournament raised $58,500 for Special Olympics British Columbia! This money will bring support, success and happiness to so many incredible athletes in this province! A huge thank you goes out to all of our sponsors … Read More

A happy Teamsters Local 213 retirement goes out to Dean Bolen! Dean is retiring after 21 years with Van-Kam Freightways. Congratulations on an outstanding career!   Dean is pictured with Teamsters Local 213 Business Representative Rob Cook.