Pink Shirt Day is an annual event celebrated in British Columbia and other parts of Canada to raise awareness about bullying and to promote kindness, empathy, and respect for others. The event began in 2007, when a group of students in Nova Scotia organized a protest against a fellow student who was being bullied for…
Right now in BC, there are employers forcing workers to put in unpaid overtime. Cheating them of severance pay. Refusing to give them the vacation time and paid sick leave the law requires. And they’re getting away with it. Because the Employment Standards Branch, the people who enforce the rules, can’t keep up with the number…
The 2022 General Local Elections are on October 15, 2022. If you haven’t voted early, please take the time to vote on Saturday. You will be able to vote from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm That’s a fantastic question. The Kamloops & District Labour Council has endorsed several candidates and created a handy Poll Card…
506 MMIWG cases were identified across 71 selected urban cities 128 were cases of missing indigenous women 280 were cases of murdered indigenous women 98 were cases with an “unknown status” 29 The median age of MMIWG victims Watch the full film “Highway of Tears” here: https://highwayoftearsfilm.com/watch Visit https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/
Calling for Worker-centred Pandemic Recovery Canada’s unions are marking the World Day for Decent Work on October 7, by calling on the federal government to focus on workers in their pandemic recovery plans and replace lost jobs with better ones. “The pandemic has highlighted the existing inequity and precarity in Canada’s job market and shone…
The Kamloops & District Labour Council’s Online Day of Mourning Ceremony Every year on the Day of Mourning, we mourn the dead and recommit to fighting for the living. The KDLC and Canadian unions are marking the National Day of Mourning by calling attention to the human cost of the COVID-19 pandemic. For over a…
Kamloops, BC – April 28, 2021 In Kamloops and area, workers, unions and community will gather online to remember and mourn the working people who have died or who were injured on the job and recommit to fight for the living. What: Kamloops and District Labour Council (KDLC) Virtual Memorial Where: https://kdlc.ca/ When: April 28,…
Kamloops, BC – April 28, 2021 In Kamloops and area, workers, unions and community will gather online to remember and mourn the working people who have died or who were injured on the job and recommit to fight for the living. What: Kamloops and District Labour Council (KDLC) Virtual Memorial Where: https://kdlc.ca/ When: April 28,…
In 2015, the Liberal Government promised to end the blood donation ban. This blood ban discriminates against gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men and prevents them from donating blood. The government promised to move to implement a behaviour-based model that would eliminate the ban. In 2019 the Liberal government reduced the…
(Kamloops) The Kamloops Annual Shoe and Red Dress Memorial will not be holding an in-person event this year due to COVID 19 restrictions. It is also the organizers desire to help keep everyone safe. Local Kamloops woman, Lynn Chassé and her family started the Annual Kamloops Shoe Memorial to coincide with the Day of Remembrance,…
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