Check out the Fall 2021 edition of CCU Connections, the news magazine of the Confederation of Canadian Unions. Please share online and on your affiliate’s Facebook and Twitter pages as […]
Special Message from the PPWC: Thank you to all the frontline staff who are out there working, putting yourself at risk for the benefit of all workers, aged and immune compromised. You truly are heroes.
We are extremely pleased to welcome Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Facility Plant to PPWC Local 1 by a vote of 100 percent. Join us in welcoming Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital […]
After close to a year long process and a 2.5 months Labour Board legal battle, we are extremely pleased to welcome Rogers Lantic Sugar’s 150 members to PPWC Local 8 […]
NOTICE: This event is postponed until further notice. Please check back on the PPWC website for updates Tell the Premier that our forest industry is strong and sustainable, supporting 100,000 […]
NOTICE: This event is postponed until further notice. Please check back on the PPWC website for updates To all Locals, Presidents, National Officers and Members, The Public and Private Workers […]
Each year on November 11, the Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC) commemorates Remembrance Day. Generations of Canadians have served our country and the world during times of war, […]
November 8th is National Indigenous Veterans’ Day, a day of remembrance and commemoration of the contributions of Indigenous Veterans. This day was first commemorated in Winnipeg in 1994 because previously, […]
By James Seidle Originally printed at the Prince George Daily News, November 5, 2021 Stop the Spray BC News of old-growth deferrals has set the press on fire with fears […]
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Joining the PPWC
Joining a labour union is one of the best and influential decisions a worker can make in his or her life. Unions like the PPWC have a long history of protecting the rights of workers, fighting for social justice and equality, and bettering the working lives of millions of Canadians.
Old Challenges, New Opportunities: The Story of the PPWC
A new documentary has been produced by the PPWC, which focuses on its proud history and its struggle for workers’ rights, environmental sustainability and social justice. Be sure to watch it in HD by clicking on the tiny circle in the bottom right corner when the video starts and then switch to 1080p HD.
For half a century, the PPWC has maintained its core principles through times good and bad. Predicting the slowdown in the pulp and paper industry in Canada, the union has fought hard to expand its membership to education, hospitality and health care workers.
At its most recent convention, members debated a move that would change the direction of the union forever, a new name that would symbolize its move towards younger workers in developing industries.
The documentary, directed by Sean Cain, was submitted to the Canadian Labour International Film Festival in June 2015.
President Arnold Bercov and PPWC Featured in New Documentary on Protecting BC Forests and Jobs
In Part 1 of this new 3-part mini-series explores the endangered old-growth forests of Vancouver Island. Despite the reality that less than 10% of the prime, low-elevation old-growth remains on the island, these forests continue to be converted into second-growth tree farms. We unpack what the loss of these forests means for biodiversity and for coastal First Nations. PPWC members are featured, and president Arnold Bercov speaks at 7:46.