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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BC Premier John Horgan pledged to work together with local governments to tackle the province’s tough challenges during his address to...

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sept. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The first budget update from the new BC NDP government shows for the first time in 16 years that government can be a force for...

BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CUPE 1816 members have ratified a new collective agreement with Pacific Blue Cross that includes annual wage increases, preserves...

BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CUPE 1816 and Pacific Blue Cross have reached a tentative agreement at the bargaining table, effectively ending a labour dispute that...

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sept. 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s Throne Speech offered welcome news to members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in BC. “CUPE members are happy to hear...

BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Members of CUPE Local 1816 began picketing at noon today outside some of the 15 businesses identified as “Preferred Travel Insurance...

BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific Blue Cross broke the law when it indefinitely postponed the PBC Society’s annual general meeting—due no later than this...

BURNABY, British Columbia, Aug. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Union of Public Employees today filed an application with the Labour Relations Board of British Columbia to allow picketing...

BURNABY, British Columbia, Aug. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in British Columbia issues the following statement: Every year at this time, labour leaders...

NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 3, 2013) - Education workers and students are paying the price for ballooning deficits in Coquitlam and New Westminster. The...