John Savage passes away

John Savage, a long-serving union officer in the printing industry, passed away at Christmas, at home and surrounded by family, after a lengthy illness. He was 79. John began his working career as a commercial pressmen, but spent most of his working life advocating...

Unifor holiday social Dec. 13

The Unifor BC Regional Office, with the assistance of its’ Locals and the BCRC, will be holding this year’s Holiday Social on Friday December 13th. The purpose of this event is to provide a fun and welcoming evening for local leaders, members and activists to thank...

Okanagan papers are no longer dailies

These announcements below appeared in the print editions of Friday’s Kelowna Courier and Penticton Herald, but not on their websites. The Courier is dropping from 5 days a week to 2 and the Herald from 5 days a week to 3. Two Unifor 2000 members were laid off....

Report from congress (updated)

Unifor 2000’s 26th annual congress was held Oct. 26 at the downtown Holiday Inn in Vancouver. While this version of the local has been around for 26 years, our predecessor locals (through mergers, name changes. etc.) have been around 140 years — so we celebrated that...

Congress starts Saturday

Unifor 2000’s 26th Annual Congress is about to begin. This year, we celebrate 140 years of representing workers in British Columbia. One of local 2000’s predecessor local’s – 226 – received its first charter in 1884 in Victoria. The charter is...