All we want for Christmas is a better deal 👉 workerstogether.ca

May your holidays keep you and yours safe and well, and filled with joy. Our office will be closed starting December 23 to give our staff a well-earned break, and we'll be open again on January 5.

We are back at work at Alberni Golf Club! Thank you to @bcfed.bsky.social for the support and to the Port Alberni community for showing up, listening, and taking action. The boycott has been called off. ✊🏼💜 🔗https://seiulocal2.ca/alberni-golf-club-workers-back-on-the-job/

Hanukkah celebrates a story of perseverance and resilience, one that reminds us to find light in the darkness and strength in standing together. Tonight that celebration begins in the shadow of a brutal attack earlier today in Sydney, Australia.

Lee Cheuk-yan, former General Secretary of Hong Kong’s independent union federation, has been jailed since 2021 for organizing peaceful pro-democracy rallies. That’s not a crime, it’s courage. Canada’s unions call for Lee's immediate release. Join us: www.ituc-csi.org/free-lee-che...

Got lunch plans Friday? You do now!

HELP!! The BCFED Labour Holiday Event is coming up fast. Every year union volunteers help Lower Mainland families in need, distributing food and gift hampers to make the holidays a little brighter. And we need your help to make it a success! #BCLab #yvr

📅Tonight: Join us from 6 to 8 PM at Cherry Creek Community Centre to hear about the mass layoffs at Alberni Golf Club directly from workers. 📍Address: 3720 Moore Road, Port Alberni, BC. 1/2

It's time to bring HandyDART back into public — and publicly accountable — hands! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ71... #BCLab #transit #translink

Today we honour the leadership, resilience and contributions of persons with disabilities in our workplace and communities. #IDPD2025 reminds us of our shared responsibility to remove barriers—visible and invisible—and foster spaces where everyone can thrive with dignity, equity and respect. (1/3)

This evening, National Assembly on Workplace Democracy discusses its final report release, featuring our co-Executive Director @iglikaivanova.bsky.social. 6:30PM UBC Robson Square—open to the public.

"The outcome of privatization has grown impossible to ignore... publicly delivered HandyDART would... mean higher quality of service [and] decisions rooted in accessibility, dignity, and inclusion." vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... #bcpoli #vanpoli #bclab @bcfed.bsky.social @atucomms.bsky.social

It’s been over a week since we were laid off as seasonal and permanent workers at Alberni Golf Course. Join us in sending President Ken Sander a message! NO to mass layoffs and Union busting! 🔗🌳Link to send letter: action.seiulocal2.ca/letters/supp... 1/2

The stress and anxiety that has been placed on families has been astronomical, and we need your help! Let’s send Ken Sander, President of Alberni Golf Club, a message: Bring the crew back to work! ✊🏼 🔗 Read the story + send President Ken Sander a message! action.seiulocal2.ca/letters/supp... 2/2

📢Last Sunday, we rallied with more than 50 community supporters at Alberni Golf Course in downtown Port Alberni to say “no” to mass layoffs and union busting! 🪧 1/2 @bcfed.bsky.social

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Help make the 30th annual Labour Holiday Event (Dec. 20 at the Maritime Labour Centre) a success for struggling Lower Mainland families. Donations from people like you mean we can hand out hampers with fresh produce, canned food, warm clothing, hygiene supplies and toys. #BCLab (1/3)

Being true to who you are in the midst of fear, hate, violence and intimidation takes tremendous courage. So many transgender people have lost their lives in that struggle; so many more have paid a heavy cost just for their own survival. #TDOR #BCLab

The Senate transport committee is reviewing how transport services handle labour disruptions. We’ve sent our submission to the committee. Our message: strong ferry service starts with fair bargaining and a real right to strike. ⚓ www.bcfmwu.com/news/senate-...

BIG NEWS: The BC government is DOUBLING its trades-training investment over the next three years! As @susibcfed.bsky.social said, "It’s exactly what we need right now. This is how you build a strong, resilient economy: by investing in the workers who make it run." bcfed.ca/news/release... #BCLab

Another ace for us in Vancouver - we’ve ratified a new contract at Tsawwassen Springs Golf Course ! Here’s some of what we’ve secured: ✅6% wage increase in year 1 ✅Stronger WCB language to protect members ✅Up to 10 sick days ✅Signing bonus of $1000 @bcfed.bsky.social 1/2

Great @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social segment on #yvr mayors advocating for @davidebybc.bsky.social to honor promise to bring HandyDART in house. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/11/c... #bclab #vanpoli #bcpoli @atucomms.bsky.social @movementyvr.bsky.social @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social @bcfed.bsky.social

Today, we remember those who’ve fallen in wars past and present: those who fought, those who laboured, and those who simply tried to keep their families alive. They died on battlefields, in factories and in streets, schools and houses. Today we remember. And we recommit ourselves to ending all war.

POD DROP! We’re joined by feminist and former union leader and politician Judy Darcy to talk about her recently-published memoir, Leading From The Heart. @judydarcy.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @bcfed.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social @heu-bc.bsky.social tiny.cc/3nuu001

The government is preparing to drop its first budget. As paycheques are stretched further & Trump’s tariffs cost jobs, workers couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to raise taxes on the wealthiest Canadians & biggest corporations – not cut services or put the squeeze on working people.

On October 28 we won a new Union agreement as Dexterra contract janitors at UBC Okanagan Campus residence! Our new contract has strong wage increases and many other wins. 🟪🧹🟨 1/2

GREAT news: Days after our solidarity picket with locked-out @unitehere40.bsky.social workers at Coast Victoria Hotel, the employer is BACK AT THE BARGAINING TABLE with them! Keep up the pressure! Let management know these workers deserve a fair wage. Send a letter right now: bcfed.ca/wsncvh #BCLab

For the past two days, labour leaders on the BCFED's Executive Council have been in Victoria to press for action from MLAs, cabinet ministers and Premier David Eby on working people's priorities. But we did more than just present a laundry list of lobbying demands. #BCLab #BCPoli

One big reason why labour history is so important: It's the antidote to the lies demagogues use to divide us with racism and hate (and to make it easier for them to pick us off one by one). Here are two terrific labour history stories from @dieworkwear.bsky.social #BCLab

Got questions about AI and how it will impact your job, policy and civil liberties? Join us tomorrow at noon to discuss! There will be a Q&A portion for questions from the audience. Register:

BC workers stand with Alberta teachers! The BCFED Executive Council, meeting in Victoria, has just unanimously passed the following motion: (1/2) #BCLab #ABLab #ABPoli

Workers in communities across BC are fighting for a fair deal. Be sure to respect their picket lines and show your solidarity! #UnionStrong #BCLab #solidarity (1/3)

“Our members have shown incredible resolve,” said Melissa Moroz, Executive Director of the PEA. “By standing together for the value of their work and the services they provide to British Columbians, they have strengthened the collective voice of public service professionals across the province.”

Congratulations to @pea.org—both on today's news and on their rock-solid strength throughout this strike, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with @bcgeu.bsky.social workers. pea.org/news-program... #BCLab #Solidarity #FundTheFrontlines

@bcgeu.bsky.social workers stood strong and stood together in a long, tough fight—and we're so happy to be able to congratulate them on the tentative agreement announced this morning! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #BCLab #solidarity

This isn't a race we want to be winning. BC employers have the shameful distinction of being Canada's number one abusers of migrant workers. www.biv.com/news/economy... #BCLab (1/3)

Love to see this great #solidarity!!

Rustad absolutely hammered by the president of his own party in this open letter: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #BCPoli (1/4)

Here's a great primer on the bargaining process from @bcfmwu.bsky.social! #bclab

Aren't WE fancy.

Campuses closing, layoffs upon layoffs — post-secondary education in BC is in a funding crisis.

Solidarity with @seiulocal2.bsky.social workers at DFM as they go into bargaining for their first contract!

Wishing joy and prosperity to all who celebrate Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas. May hope defeat fear, may light prevail over darkness, and may peace, liberation and justice triumph everywhere. #Diwali #BandiChhorDivas

Correction: WEDNESDAY, October 15! 😬

Bulkley Valley friends — come out on Tuesday, October 15 at noon for the Smithers Union #Solidarity Walk, supporting @bcgeu.bsky.social and @pea.org workers in Smithers and strike actions across BC! #BCLab #FundTheFrontlines

Check out this must-read piece from @thetyee.ca's @isaacphannay.bsky.social. It's about an approach that can remove many of the obstacles standing between some of BC's most vulnerable workers and their right to join a union: sectoral bargaining. 🧵 #BCLab

Nearly a decade of organizing in Vancouver's animation and VFX industries is transforming wages and working conditions for the workers behind shows like Star Trek: Lower Decks, even amid a historic slowdown in film and TV. I spoke to workers + organizers about it for @pressprogress.ca

West Kootenay friends — come to tomorrow's solidarity rally in Trail, and show your support for @bcgeu.bsky.social and @cupwsttp.bsky.social workers! Bring flags, signs and noisemakers, and meet up at 10 am Friday outside the Trail Liquor Store. www.facebook.com/events/s/cup... #BCLab #solidarity