BC to Tackle the Deadliest Workplace Killer
Worker advocates applaud move to reduce deaths from asbestos.
Source: thetyee.ca
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Pickets up for a second day at Esquimalt Graving Dock
About 800 union Seaspan employees are not working because of pickets set up by the Canadian Merchant Service Workers Guild, whose members run tugs and barges for North Vancouver-based Seaspan
Source: timescolonist.com
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Source: timescolonist.com
Union serves 72-hour strike notice to Victoria Shipyards
Victoria Shipyards, based at the federally owned Esquimalt Graving Dock, has been served 72-hour strike notice by the union representing workers.
Source: timescolonist.com
Prince George Free Press » B.C. budget balanced, tobacco tax up
Finance Minister Mike de Jong says lack of job growth in the past two years is disappointing, but government is continuing its emphasis on natural gas and trade. Tom Fletcher/Black Press VICTORIA – Finance Minister Mike de Jong unveiled B.C.’s second straight surplus budget Tuesday, with few spending and tax changes as the province plans for economic growth driven by natural gas exports. The biggest tax change is that provincial tobacco tax goes up 32 cents a pack April 1, on top of the latest federal increase of 40 cents a pack. B.C.’s share is expected to generate another $50 million...
Source: pgfreepress.com