By increasing “wildfire salvage” of forests, B.C.’s forests minister Ravi Parmar is travelling down the same road that has seen the province’s logging rates plummet by more than half since the heyday of the 1980s. #bclab #OldGrowth
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Harvesting Burned Trees May Seem a No-Brainer. But It Poses Big Risks | The Tyee
How aggressive salvage logging after fires may harm BC’s future forest industry.
Teachers in Vancouver and Coquitlam, the majority of whom have voted against joining the provincial health plan, can’t access the coverage for gender-affirming care.
The gap is “alarming,” said one sociology professor. #bclab #bcpoli
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BC Teachers Win Gender-Affirming Care, Except in Two Cities | The Tyee
The Vancouver and Coquitlam locals say members voted to stay on local health plans not renegotiated in more than a decade.
The change is part of a slate of updates to how cranes will be permitted that the minister announced March 3, in response to a series of fatal crane incidents in B.C. that have killed workers and a passerby. #bclab
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/12/BC-Stronger-Crane-Operating-Requirements/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
BC Government Wants Stronger Crane Operating Requirements | The Tyee
After a series of accidents, the province is also launching a new certification for workers overseeing crane operators.
United Steelworkers Wood Council chair Jeff Bromley said that while new trade relationships are already helping some B.C. lumber workers, Canada needs to bolster employment insurance even more to keep workers from falling through the cracks. #bclab #canpoli
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How Is Ottawa’s Tariff Response Working for BC? | The Tyee
United Steelworkers’ Jeff Bromley says efforts on trade and EI are welcome but hundreds of workers are still falling through the cracks.
More than 13 years after one pipe layer was killed and another injured while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer, their employer is in court for a sentencing hearing. #bclab
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/02/Prosecutors-Seek-Fine-Worker-Fatality-Case/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
Prosecutors Seek $1-Million Fine in Rare Worker Fatality Case | The Tyee
A BC construction firm was convicted of criminal negligence after Jeff Caron was crushed on the job.
There have been at least three official bullying and harassment complaints raised by contract workers at Simon Fraser University since the COVID-19 pandemic, with dozens more workers saying they’ve experienced similar treatment. #bclab #bced
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SFU Contract Workers Sounded the Alarm on Abuse. Nothing Changed | The Tyee
Workers, faculty and students have called on the university to bring workers in-house for years.
“Either way, this process will result in the first collective agreement.”
Workers at the only unionized Amazon warehouse in Canada are calling for a mediator to help negotiate a first contract. Isaac Phan Nay reports. #bclab #canlab
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/18/Amazon-Union-Wants-Mediation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
‘We Don’t Think They’re Serious’: Amazon Union Wants Mediation | The Tyee
Unifor Local 114 says the company has stalled bargaining for its only group of unionized workers in Canada.
The union for workers at Jim Pattison-owned Save-On-Foods says it has raised concerns about another Pattison company’s sale of a Virginia warehouse for use as a detention centre for ICE. Isaac Phan Nay reports. #uspoli #bclab
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/29/Save-On-Foods-Union-Concerned-Pattison-Sale-ICE/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
Save-On-Foods Union Is Concerned about Pattison’s Warehouse Sale to ICE | The Tyee
But UFCW Local 1518 says calls for a boycott of the grocery store could hurt workers.
The union for workers at Jim Pattison-owned Save-On-Foods says it has raised concerns about another Pattison company’s sale of a Virginia warehouse for use as a detention centre for ICE.
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Save-On-Foods Union Is Concerned about Pattison’s Warehouse Sale to ICE | The Tyee
But UFCW Local 1518 says calls for a boycott of the grocery store could hurt workers.
“Part-time jobs usually result in lower incomes, and so income insecurity and financial insecurity are the kind of things we’d worry about going forward.”
#bclab #canlab
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/12/2025-Jobs-Numbers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
2025 Jobs Numbers Mask Uncertainty, Growing Disparities: Economist | The Tyee
Part-time working is up and more Canadians hold more than one job, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
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