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'Pin' your wishes
Creating a Christmas wish board could get you a $1,000 Metropolis at Metrotown shopping spree.
CapU strike unlikely this week
STUDENTS at Capilano University will likely not be getting an extension on final exams and assignments due to strike action.
ICBC, union reach a deal
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia reached a tentative four-year agreement with the Canadian Office and Professional Employees' Union, Local 378, on Friday, according to a press release from the union.
Pickets walk the icbc line
MORE than 1,000 unionized workers were off the job at ICBC's head office in North Vancouver Wednesday as the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union staged a one-day walkout.
Union defends fired icbc workers
The union representing the six sacked ICBC workers said it will fight the dismissals, claiming its members were only doing what managers asked them to do.
ICBC staff to walk line
More than 1,300 Insurance Corporation of British Columbia staff members are going on strike next Wednesday.
Union hopes day spurs new talks
On Tuesday, more than 1,500 Insurance Corporation of British Columbia claims staff members took to the picket lines.
Union hopes action will spur more talks
On Tuesday, more than 1,500 Insurance Corporation of British Columbia claims staff members took to the picket lines.
One-day strike slows down ICBC's 55 offices
For the second time in less than a month, government employees were back on the picket lines around the province and in the Tri-Cities.
ICBC workers in city hit the bricks Tuesday
More than 1,500 Insurance Corporation of British Columbia claims staff members are striking next Tuesday.
Workers hit bricks for a day
Corrections workers joined the picket line outside the provincial youth prison in Burnaby on Wednesday.
Burnaby-based union wins unpaid overtime ruling
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia needs to pay its employees for overtime work, even if that work isn't preapproved.
Public-sector workers need a fair deal
Editor's note: Union leaders Darryl Walker, Scott McCannell and David Black submitted this editorial in advance of the BCGEU strike on Wednesday (see story on Page 3).
Government employees stage one-day strike
Members of the Canadian Office and Professional Union local 378 held a one-day strike Wednesday in support of "fair and reasonable" wage increases for lower-level employees of the Insurance Corporation of B.C.
Burnaby-based union part of one-day strike
Nearly 800 members of the Burnaby-based Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378, are taking part in general strike action with two other unions on Sept. 5.
Trasolini won and spent big
It turns out rookie Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Joe Trasolini was not only a big spender during his successful election campaign, he was dropping some serious Borden's prior to the byelection.
Pro-labour emails irk ICBC
ICBC is going to court to ask for an injunction to stop unionized employees from sending out messages with an altered email signature that supports the union's job action.
Labour board takes issue with ICBC bargaining
The B.C. Labour Relations Board issued its finding last week that ICBC has not been bargaining in good faith with COPE 378 members regarding monetary compensation.
Order grants ICBC workers right to strike
ICBC's unionized employees have the right to strike after June 30, according to an interim order from the B.C. Labour Relations Board.
