Why I'm voting against the HST

 The HST is bad for working British Columbians because it is a massive, unjustified cost shift directly from corporations to consumers, and that's why I'm voting against it.

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Why bother with Elections?

On May 2, Canadians will vote for a new federal government, and many members I speak with feel politics is too far removed from our day-to-day lives and a waste of time.

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Minimum wage improvements welcome, says Limpright; now, what about a Living Wage?

Premier Christy Clark’s first major announcement as B.C.’s Premier was the long-awaited increase to the minimum wage.

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Latest Blog From Ivan: Info at a Click

 

 

Have you seen this image on the left before? It's not a maze; this blocky thing is a QR Code* (Quick Response).

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Living Wage Gains New Victory In BC

 Last week Esquimalt passed Canada’s second Living Wage Bylaw, and as an advocate for a living wage, I am delighted with this decision.

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Education Week Strengthens UFCW 1518

The last week in October marked the union’s second Education Week of 2010. Education Week is a week that many of us here at the office look forward to because it gives us a chance to learn from you, the members.

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NOT OUR CANADA

Canadians are accustomed to hearing about demonstrations outside various Embassies of countries around the world, but it comes as a bit of a shock to us to read that a Canadian Embassy is the target of demonstrators.

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Extra Foods Strikers are fighting for everyone!

Strikes and lockouts, if they occur at all, are normally over in days or weeks, but for the workers at the Loblaws-owned Extra Foods store in Maple Ridge, B.C., their dispute is counted in months!

August is the twentieth month these workers have been fighting to protect their collective agreement from rollbacks that would see them go from being among the best paid grocery workers in BC to among the poorest!

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Safety First

Recently the safety of workers on the job has come under increased notice as employers across the board seem determined to add reduced worker safety to their cost cutting strategies.

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Loblaw shifts target east

For the past two years Loblaw, the nation's largest food retailer, has been targeting its employees in western Canada for wage and benefit rollbacks.

Now it appears the company is rolling out its strategy nation-wide by pushing 30,000 UFCW members in Ontario into taking a strike vote.

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