Rogers Communications has ended its nine-day lockout of 26 Kootenay technicians after swift action by IBEW Local 213. The technicians voted to unionize last year, and bargaining began in June 2024. Rogers proposed a one-year agreement backdated 10 months that would cut wages by up to 24%, reduce benefits, slash vacation time, and eliminate RRSP…
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B.C. Apprentice Is First Member From Canada to Win Coveted Organizing Award
*This article was originally published in the December 2024 issue of The Electrical Worker Online Justin Santos, an energetic apprentice using social media to help squash myths about unions, was honored in August as the IBEW’s Rank-and-File Organizer of the Year during the union’s annual Membership Development Conference in Chicago. He’s the first member of…
MoreCanada Enacts Anti-Scab Law Unveiled at IBEW Local
*This article was originally published in the August 2024 issue of The Electrical Worker Online The IBEW and all Canadian unions celebrated when anti-scab legislation prohibiting companies from bringing in replacement workers during work stoppages sailed through Parliament and received royal assent. Bill C-58 prohibits employers from hiring scabs to replace union-represented workers during strikes…
MoreIBEW Breaks New Ground In Kelowna BC
In June, over 40 IBEW Membership Development Reps from across Canada joined forces in Kelowna, British Columbia, to connect with workers in the area and promote the benefits of IBEW representation. Traditionally known as an ‘anti-union’ area, Kelowna presented us with a significant challenge. But our membership development reps, fueled by their passion, were undeterred….
MoreLocal 213 Members Realize Their Power at Annual ‘Education Festival’
The most important moment in improving the lives of working people is when they realize their own power. The challenge for the labor movement is creating that moment at scale. Vancouver, British Columbia, Local 213 has quietly put together a model to do that, and every local ought to seriously consider something like it for…
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