Publications

End Stigma. Save Lives.

The City of Vancouver is seeking Federal Government approval for the decriminalization of personal possession of drugs. This is an important step in ending stigma and saving lives.  Click here to send your message in support of decriminalization.  The VDLC supports Mayor Kennedy Stewart and Vancouver City Council in their efforts to decriminalize personal drug possession in the city. Criminalization…

Delivering Community Power

The VDLC is proud to continue to support the Delivering Community Power campaign. Founded by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Acorn Canada, The Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association, The Leap, and Friends of Public Services, and with a broad array of coalition partners, Delivering Community Power proposes to utilize our public postal service to help drive a just recovery,…

SFU: Pay for RA Healthcare Now!

The VDLC supports the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) in its campaign for healthcare benefits for Research Assistants.  Please take a moment to sign TSSU’s petition – SFU: Pay for RA Healthcare NOW! The petition reads as follows:  Simon Fraser University (SFU) has continually delayed the process of bargaining for recently unionized Research Assistants and Grant Employees (RAs), so over a thousand…

Workers Need Paid Sick Days

The VDLC supports the call for a minimum of ten (10) permanent, paid sick days for all workers and additional days during public health emergencies.  A motion adopted at the February regular meeting of the Labour Council outlines the need for paid sick days for all workers, and looks at how this can be best implemented.  You can help by…

Unmask the Right

Local anti-racist and anti-fascist activists have launched a new website named “Unmask the Right”.  The website details the various groups and individuals behind “anti-mask” and “anti-lockdown” events in the Lower Mainland region.  The website also includes an open letter in opposition to the “Grand Freedom Rally” being planned in opposition to public health orders this weekend in Vancouver. It calls…

Tell Your MP to Vote Yes for Pharmacare

Later this month Bill C-213: An Act to Enact the Pharmacare Act will be face its second debate and first vote in Parliament.  At long last, the Government of Canada must take action to complete the unfinished work of medicare. In doing so, it must ensure that the model of pharmacare implemented follows the lead of the Canada Health Act,…

Letter RE: Disability Assistance Rates

We’re calling on the Government of British Columbia to maintain the $300/month increase to income and disability assistance rates, and permanently raise income assistance rates to at least the poverty line, indexed to inflation. In April 2020, the Government of British Columbia introduced a $300 supplement to disability assistance rates in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was broadly welcomed…

VDLC Calls for Release of Imprisoned Unionist in Philippines

The Vancouver and District Labour Council joins with the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines in demanding release of imprisoned trade unionists.  The union representatives were arrested on December 10, International Human Rights Day, and remain imprisoned on trumped up charges. The Philippines has a long-standing history of workers rights violations, which has only worsened under the current…

Support Farmers in India

The Vancouver and District Labour Council Executive Board stands in solidarity with the millions of farmers and allies who are protesting in New Delhi and across India. The demonstrations, which represent one of the largest mobilizations in history, are in response to legislation recently passed by the right-wing government of Nardendra Modi. The legislation deregulates agriculture, opening it up to…

2021 Winter/Spring Labour Education Program

Our 2021 Winter/Spring Labour Education Program is open for registrations!  VDLC education programs are open, accessible, and affordable.  From labour law and progressive economics to public speaking and social policy, we offer training, seminars, and workshops on a range of topics that are timely and important to trade unionists and social justice activists. Visit our Education Page for more information, including the full list of courses…