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Canada Day, observed on July 1 every year, is a national holiday marking the anniversary of Confederation in 1867 when the British North American Act came into effect. It was originally known as [...]

April 7, 2021 Authored by Ben Parfitt. Originally published in Policy Note. As UK’s Drax makes play for BC’s wood pellet mills, questions grow about wood-fired electricity. With its six massive [...]

The Public and Private Workers of Canada and Unifor are holding a joint press conference on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at 12:00pm at the corner of #4 Highway and Clark Road in Qualicum Beach, [...]

Attention all students!  It’s that time of year again! The Public and Private Workers of Canada is offering two $1000 bursaries which are available to all PPWC members in good standing, [...]

Brothers and Sisters; What’s happening at your Local this summer?  Submit an article to the PPWC newsletter, the Leaflet! E-mail your article or questions to: Ron Richardson, Leaflet [...]

Brothers and Sisters; The Trustees of the PPWC-Employer Trusted Health & Welfare Plan met on June 8, 2017 and would like to update you on a number of items relating to your group benefit [...]

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 [...]

Please join us for the BC Sustainable Forestry March and Rally on April 12, 2017.  It will begin at 12 noon, in front of the parliament buildings in Victoria, British Columbia.  Help us ensure [...]

John Hanrahan is president of the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), the largest association of independent unions in the country, of which the Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC) is [...]

It was in 1963 that the Public and Private Workers of Canada was founded in British Columbia.  Through the leadership of Prairie-born Orville Braaten, an earlier union broke away from its [...]

Well, a heck of a lot, actually.  Let’s run down a short list: [one_half]Weekends Paid vacations The 8-hour work day Ending child labour Work breaks, including paid lunch breaks Equal pay [...]

The PPWC organized another protest recently, calling on the provincial government of British Columbia to ban the export of raw logs.  Keeping raw logs in Canada would create and protect [...]

At the National Executive Board meeting in December, 1999, a motion was passed to sponsor a child through World Vision. Our sponsored child, Daniel Lapikaana, was from the Alor area in Indonesia. [...]

Download Report – Battling the Beetle: Taking Action to Restore British Columbia’s Interior Forests: Summary