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Unifor members from across British Columbia are gathering at the Hyatt Regency Hotel to discuss current issues in workers’ rights and make strategic plans for the year ahead.
“From fighting for a higher minimum wage to tireless work for electoral reform in British Columbia, our members are leaders on the front lines of change,” said Joie Warnock, Unifor Western Regional Director.
Unifor National President Jerry Dias opened the Council speaking about how strength and solidarity helped Unifor shape USMCA negotiations and ended deadlocked strikes and lockouts that threatened to normalize scab labour in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Using the example of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s “false majority”, he told B.C. delegates that their efforts to win the first proportionally representative government in Canada is critical to expanding workers’ rights.
“Unifor activists are making incredible gains at the bargaining table and they’re also doing the hard work to shape politics in British Columbia,” said Dias, Unifor National President.
During the council, delegates will discuss several resolutions, ranging from federal election strategy to opposing racial profiling and “carding” in policing.
Pictures from council will be added to the union’s Facebook page.
