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December 09, 2020 14:48 ET | Source: CLAC

CLAC Open Letter to Doug Ford: WSIB Coverage Is Desperately Needed for All Healthcare Heroes

Cambridge ON, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dear Premier Ford, The government of Ontario has missed a critical opportunity to protect some of its healthcare heroes with the new legislation...
July 16, 2018 11:00 ET | Source: SEIU Local 2

UBC-Okanagan cleaners overwhelmingly vote yes to join SEIU Local 2 after defeat of boss ‘union’

KELOWNA, British Columbia, July 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cleaners at the University of British Colombia-Okanagan campus celebrate a massive victory after voting Tuesday to join the Service...
June 27, 2018 19:20 ET | Source: SEIU Local 2

BCIT cleaners win vote to join SEIU Local 2 after defeating boss ‘union’

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cleaners at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) celebrate a huge win in forming their union with the Service Employees’...
June 18, 2018 11:57 ET | Source: SEIU Local 2

Cleaners defeat boss union opening door for workers to join SEIU Local 2

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a precedent setting decision, the B.C. Labour Relations Board declared Friday that CLAC’s contract with Best Service Pros is...
April 03, 2018 10:00 ET | Source: SEIU Local 2

MEDIA ADVISORY: Students and faculty representing five BC campuses set to deliver recommendations asking for administrators to take responsibility for poverty wages on campus

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A working group delegation representing five BC campuses plan to simultaneously deliver a series of recommendations to their...
March 14, 2018 12:30 ET | Source: SEIU Local 2

Best Service Pros cleaners deliver petition to Labour Board demanding workers’ voices be heard

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A worker delegation from Best Service Pros delivered a petition early Wednesday, signed by the majority of workers, insisting that the...
March 13, 2018 09:00 ET | Source: SEIU Local 2

MEDIA ADVISORY: Workers set to deliver petition asking the BC Labour Board to uphold workers’ right to choose a union

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A worker delegation from Best Service Pros representing cleaners at five campuses in BC, plan to deliver a petition signed by a...