Gabriola Island Fire Fighters Join Canada's Largest Union

Starbucks Partners at Surrey’s Alder Crossing join United Steelworkers union

SURREY, British Columbia, March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Seventeen Starbucks partners at the Alder Crossing location in Surrey, B.C., have officially joined the United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 2009, marking a significant step in their fight for fair treatment…

Gabriola Island Fire Fighters Join Canada's Largest Union

GABRIOLA ISLAND, British Columbia -- Fire fighters at the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) have joined Canada’s largest union in pursuit of fair wages, improved working conditions and increased safety. The certification, which has been approved by the BC Labour Board, covers 29 workers at the GVFD.

Gabriola volunteer firefighters unionize under CUPE banner

NANAIMO - Members of the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department have agreed to join Canada's biggest union. The BC...

Gabriola firefighters certified to form union with CUPE Local 606 - Gabriola Sounder

Derek Kilbourn Sounder News Firefighters at the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department have been certified by the BC Labour Relations Board (LRB) to form a union. This comes after enough firefighters signed their names to an application to the LRB, to then trigger an LRB hearing, which was held this past Friday, March 14. The Gabriola department is the second Paid On-Call department in BC to unionize. The first was the North Cowichan Fire Department…

Gabriola Island Fire Fighters Join Canada’s Largest Union

GABRIOLA ISLAND – Fire fighters at the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) have joined Canada’s largest union in pursuit of fair wages, improved working conditions and increased safety. The certification, which has been approved by the BC Labour Board, covers 29 workers at the GVFD. “We are very excited to welcome GVFD workers into our Local, and into the broader family of emergency response workers in our National Union,” said Jeff Virtan…