Monthly General Business Meetings Cancelled Until Further Notice
MONTHLY GENERAL BUSINESS MEETINGS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. In response to the evolving concerns surrounding COVID-19 and the urgent requirement to limit the risk of infection by maintaining physical distancing and group gatherings, until further notice, the Union will be canceling its regular general business meetings.
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Progress Edition: Welder chose her job, it didn’t choose her
Khai Allam wanted to work for CME, so she joined a trade that fit
2021 MWBIU Scholarship
Scholarship to a maximum of $1,000.00 for first year applicants for full time enrollment to a Canadian accredited university, college, or trade school.
BCFED: Public Health Order compliance necessary to keep workers safe
(Unceded Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam territories — Vancouver, BC) – BC’s labour movement is urging British Columbians to comply with new regional health orders, to
2020 MWBIU Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to the 2020 recipients of the Marine Workers’ scholarship awards.
September 2020 BC Labour Heritage Centre Newsletter
The COVID Chronicles Project is recording first-hand accounts of BC’s working people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prospective Members
When a demand is made upon the Union to supply workers on a temporary basis, in excess of the numbers normally required to meet the Union’s contracts, it shall be the prerogative of the Union to dispatch workers as prospective members. Those so dispatched shall pay an amount equal to regular monthly dues and assessments for the period they are temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Union. Should a prospective member be employed and pay dues for a minimum period of three months (and cleared probation), he/she may be inducted into full membership upon payment of the initiation fee.