By Marco Procaccini Dental technicians and support staff are not likely the first group of workers that come to mind when thinking about Teamster members. The Local 213 members at Fine Arts Dental Lab in East Vancouver are doing their best to hold onto their jobs in a rapidly changing industry with a not-so promising … Read More

By Marco Procaccini Gene Sloan has a message for workers who think they can be successful by being timid and doing whatever you’re told. The first 50-year Teamsters Local 213 member, who retired at 68 last fall, has driven almost every type of road vehicle. “I was going to retire at 65; but then I … Read More

Some of the 20 Teamsters working as technicians, parts people, and service advisors at Go Auto Dodge in Surrey have been with the company for 28 years. Shop Steward Brian Devison began his career as a general mechanic in 1987 “working on nice little cars with carburetors.” The job title changed to technician a couple of … Read More

Business Agent Kimm Davis congratulates long-time Teamsters Local 213 member James Mathers. “I made it 36 years because I had the respect of the company and co-workers and a union job that allowed me to live in Kelowna and give my family a better quality of life,” said Mathers.

Thanks to all the volunteers from Teamsters Local 213 who assisted at the 50th anniversary of the Variety Club Telethon in February at the hard Rock Casino in Coquitlam. Together they raised raised $6.8 million which will go to helping children in need.  

“Of course it’s devastating to the economy; especially in smaller communities.” Driverless trucks. No, it’s not futurism or science fiction. It’s new technology being tested right now in the tar sands in northern Alberta and Teamsters Local 213 members are being urged to get ready for more turbulent times. Tony Santavenere, Local 213’s construction division … Read More

Food Factory shows how Teamsters make SunRype fruit leather Several Teamster members working at SunRype in Kelowna are featured in the first 6.5 minutes of an episode of Food Factory showing how the company makes fruit leather. The fast-paced, quirky show begins with trucks delivering crates of  Okanagan-grown apples and then shows how the apples … Read More

The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway is Alaska’s most popular shore excursion and near the top on many Alaska & Yukon travelers’ must-see lists. The railway, now maintained and operated by members of Teamsters Local 213, was built in 1898. In 1994, the railway was named an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, joining the likes … Read More

By Tom Sigurdson, executive director BC Building Trades July 7, 2015 I am compelled to respond to the June 30, 2015 column penned by Mr. Hochstein wherein he berates BC Hydro, the PCAC and the BCCA for supporting the Memorandum of Understanding signed by BC Hydro and a poli-party of unions affiliated to the BC … Read More