On January 7th 2014, exactly 33 years after the tragedy, IUOE Local 115 and other labour leaders, family members and workers joined together to remember four workers killed while working on the Bentall IV tower in 1981 when a fly form […]
The Tim Horton’s branch in Elk Valley is under investigation after allegations of temporary foreign worker abuse surfaced in early December 2013. According to employees and witnesses, staff were forced to work long hours with little compensation, and even hand […]
Members and representatives from Local 115 joined dignitaries in celebrating the official opening of Highway 17 – more commonly known as the South Fraser Perimeter Road – on Saturday, December 21. Local 115 Business Manager Brian Cochrane and President Wayne […]
Unions in the Elk Valley say they always have time for Tim Hortons’ workers – when they are fighting for fairness in their workplaces in Fernie and Blairmore after allegations of abuse. Tim Hortons’ workers who are in Canada from […]
Less than a week after closing off her Jobs and Trade Mission to Asia, B.C. Premier Christy Clark was again joined by labour leaders to discuss LNG projects and what they mean to the province and its workers. This was […]
Near the end of 2013, a massive (read: 1,200 tonne, 10 metre wide) underground tunnel boring machine will start arriving to create over 2 kilometres of underground Skytrain tunnel for the Evergreen line project. The machine, sent piece by piece […]
Originally published in The OE News, Fall 2013 Edition Imagine that the only chance to develop a $100 billion industry, create over 100,000 new jobs, and collect billions in taxes to pay down the debt and fund healthcare and education […]
Former energy and mines minister in the B.C. Liberal government, Blair Lekstrom, has been hired by HD Mining International Ltd. This is the same company which was recently taken to B.C.’s high court by IUOE Local 115 to dispute 201 […]
Local 115’s Business Manager Brian Cochrane joined Jim Sinclair and other prominent labour leaders today (09/09/2013) for a round table discussion with Premier Christy Clark to discuss B.C.’s LNG pipelines – more specifically, their potential impact on jobs and how […]
