Originally published on the BC Government website on January 17, 2019 To create and support good jobs in British Columbia’s coastal forest sector, government is making policy changes to increase the processing of B.C. logs on the coast and to reduce wood waste by redirecting it to B.C.’s pulp and paper mills. The changes, as […]
The Trustees of the PPWC – Employer Trusteed Health & Welfare Plan met on October 15th and would like to update you on a number of items relating to your group benefit coverage. Updates include: Disability Member Survey PBC Member Portal PBC Limit to Diabetic Testing Strips Financial Position of the Plan The Trustee meeting […]
Brothers and Sisters; The Trustees of the PPWC – Employer Trusteed Health & Welfare Plan met on June 19th and would like to update you on a number of items relating to your group benefit coverage. Updates include: Applying for LTD After 39 Weeks on WorkSafe Renewal Rate Decrease Drug Supply Limits for Maintenance Medication […]
The PPWC wants to wish everyone a very Merry Holidays and Happy New Year in 2019. Check out the latest edition of the PPWC Leaflet. Download Issue (PDF) In this Issue: What’s Going on at the Locals? Pension Plan Update On the Forestry Front Pharmacare for All Fair Trade and Jobs for Canada Report on […]
With increasingly privatized forests and a dangerous reliance on industry paid professionals, B.C. is facing a crash in harvest volumes, the closure of mills and the loss of old-growth forests Written by Daniel Pierce, published by the Narwhal When 12,000 people showed up on the remote coast of Vancouver Island in the summer of 1993 […]
By Past PPWC President, Arnold Berkov Printed in the Province, April 10, 2018 Premier John Horgan and his team made a calculated decision going into last spring’s provincial election to focus on wooing urban voters, with an “affordability agenda” tailored to speak to financially stretched families about childcare, housing, healthcare and transportation. The strategy worked, […]
The Public and Private Workers of Canada endorses the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its call to action. Furthermore, we support the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and our organization will work with indigenous peoples to recognize and uphold these rights. In Solidarity, Arnold […]
The Trustees of the PPWC – Employer Trusteed Health & Welfare Plan met on February 19th and would like to update you on a number of items relating to your group benefit coverage. Pacific Blue Cross Bargained Changes As part of the bargained changes that occurred last year, Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) re-adjudicated claims for […]
Brothers and Sisters; The Trustees of the PPWC-Employer Trusted Health & Welfare Plan met on October 16, 2017 and would like to update you on a number of items relating to your group benefit coverage. Updates include: Desjardins Assistance with CPP Appeals Backlog of Pacific Blue Cross Claims Dental Scaling Financial Position of the Plan […]
Sisters & Brothers! What’s new at your Local? Do you have something to say? Write an article, for the winter edition of the Leaflet! Deadline for this issue is December 15, but we are always […]