List of BC Locals

Canadian Council Links

Construction Careers Links

Carpenters Union BC Site

Retired? This site is for you

Other Union Links

BC Federation of Labour

Canadian Labour Congress

Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada
CEP is one of Canada's largest unions, representing just about every type of worker, from coast to coast.

Construction Labour Relations of BC
To represent the interests of Association members and building trades - signatory contractors, professionally and with integrity, in matters of labour relations, health and safety, and training.
 

BC Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan
The Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan is a joint union / management program that offers help to people in the organized construction industry - workers and their immediate families who have problems, due to alcoholism or drug addiction, that are affecting their work performance or emotional stability.

Benefits for Local 470 & Local 777

Local 777 Is comprised of 21 Bargaining units located in and around Edmonton

CHC-AHC

Women in Construction

YWCA - Trades Training for Women
Women Building Futures

Construction Careers Links

Work Futures
A comprehensive description of close to 200 occupations as they relate directly to the BC labour market.

Industry Training Authority (ITA)
The Industry Training Authority (ITA) is a provincial government agency, which became operative in early 2004, with legislated responsibility to govern and develop the industry training system in B.C.

Skills Canada BC
Skills Canada BC is a non-profit agency that promotes careers in the skills trades and technologies to BC youth.

"Red Seal" Program
The inter-provincial Red Seal Program for trades certification is designed to provide greater ease of mobility for skilled workers throughout Canada.

Gold Seal Certification Program
The CCA Gold Seal Certification Program is a national certification program for construction Project Managers, Superintendents, Estimators and Owners’ Project Managers.

Employment Insurance
A program of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)

Schedules of Wage Rates for Federal Construction Contracts

Get the skills, get the job, get the rewards - Live the Skilled Life
A career in the trades is a great way to make a living. It's also a way to live or travel where you want to, afford the lifestyle you dream of, run your own business, be active or even work outdoors - not chained down in an office.

General Interest

Journal of Commerce

The Tyee

World Wide Metric
A handy site that'll help make conversions quick. Wnte a value in one box, then simply click 'Calculate'.

Ha-shilth-sa Newspaper

Progressive Organizations

The Council of Canadians
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
The Parkland Institute
Centre for Social Justice
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

Environment

David Suzuki Foundation
An Inconvenient Truth
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Greenpeace Canada

Other sites of interest

The Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference brings together Canada's future leaders from business, labour, government, NGOs, education and the cultural sector for a unique two-week experience aimed at broadening their perspectives on work, leadership, their communities, and their country.

TheTruthAboutCLAC.ca is a project of the Alberta Workers' Rights Society, a registered non-profit society based in Edmonton.

Alberta Labour History Institute
A total gem of a site! Great photos, timelines and oral interviews about the development of labour over the decades.

B.C. Ferries

B.C. Highway Report

B.C. Transit

ICBC

ICBC Travel Advisory

Road Reports

Travel B.C.

 

Fair trade

BC Union Label
No Sweat: Union made apparel
Ten Thousand Villages
Fairware: Promotional products for your conscience

IFAT: The International Fair Trade Association
The global network of Fair Trade Organizations. Our mission is to improve the livelihoods and well being of disadvantaged producers by linking and promoting Fair Trade Organizations, and speaking out for greater justice in world trade

Walmart

Wal-Mart Workers Canada
Wal-Mart Watch
Wake-up Wal-Mart

Links we Like

Billy Bragg - The Progressive Patriot
Stephen Lewis Foundation
Adbusters

Music Festivals in Western Canada

Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Atlin Arts & Music Festival
The Edge of the World Music Festival
Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival
Cowichan Folk Guild
Mission Folk Music Festival
Vancouver Island Music Fest
Calgary Folk Music Festival
Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Regina Folk Festival
Winnipeg Folk Festival
Frostbite Music Festival
North Country Fair
South Country Fair
Kispiox Valley Music Festival
Mountainfest