UNITY, PRIDE AND STRENGTH
In the asphalt industry, owner operators and dependent contractors got a 2.5% rate increase in 2012. A retro pay increase of 3% was provided for the first year and a 2.5% increase retroactive from March 1, 2012 for our Schedule A regular members. The regular members also received a $.10 per hour addition to their … Read More
Unions across the country are launching an all-out effort to stop Bill C-377. See the video The bill will severely and negatively affect labour unions because: 1) it will greatly increase the time, effort and expense to labour unions, their officers and employees to comply with the onerous regulations, and 2) the information gleaned from … Read More
INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS Sun-Rype now part of Lassonde Industries Shop stewards discuss grievance procedures (2018) Marijuana, cannabis and opioids Traveling Training Centre launched Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project 2018 Teamster Women’s Conference Career opportunities for women Building trades support retaliatory tariffs Debate over drones Be truck aware A cutting-edge training model Lawyer Casey McCabe retires JTS … Read More
Tree Island Industries, in Richmond, manufactures farm fencing, game fencing like you see along the Coquihalla Highway, cement mesh and reinforced mesh used to shore walls in mines. Its products are in use throughout North America. “There’s a good chance that the nails you’ve used in a home renovation have been made by Teamster members,” said Secretary … Read More
Shop steward seminars were held this fall in Kelowna and Vancouver. This year’s training topics included:
A union shop for Teamster members The Richmond IKEA store is a union shop. The 330 “co-workers” in receiving, cash, sales, housekeeping, operations, safety and security, carts, returns, service and the restaurant are members of Teamsters Local 213. You’re supporting your union brothers and sisters when you shop at the Richmond store. The only other … Read More
Cloverdale Paint, a 100% Canadian manufacturer, and 53 Teamsters Local 213 members are creating
products that are at the forefront of paint and coating technology. Everyone is committed to reducing or
eliminating any harmful impact on the environment from the products and their manufacture. Teamsters
work in the lab, factory and warehouse.
Members of Teamsters Local 213, in construction and living in the Kootenays, are working on the
expansion of the Waneta Dam on the Pend d’Oreille River south of Trail. The creation of a second
powerhouse, expected to be completed in 2015, will generate power from flow that would otherwise be
spilled.
The realities of the workers’ compensation system are a far cry from the principles of natural justice and fairness which underlie B.C.’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Workers risk losing their impairment awards on appeal when a decision is made that the award overcompensates them for their injuries. In such a pension appeal, workers grapple with the … Read More
