The VDLC Anti-Racism Committee is honoured to invite you to our online panel discussion on Friday June 26.

Indigenous Peoples are expressing concern about the wavering commitment to reconciliation, and the current Canadian Government has framed the current political moment as “nation-building” with little information of the implications for Indigenous Peoples and workers given ongoing colonial extractivism ang labour exploitation. In this context, we invite you to join us to explore how we can build new forms of solidarity among Indigenous Peoples, workers and the labour movement.

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/247870788225160?p=CVw8FjnvxukaXARBm5
Meeting ID: 2470870 788 225 160 Passcode: YF6Ch6Qt

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Please note that only duly appointed and sworn-in delegates have vote at VDLC meeting. Further, only delegates, and invited guest speakers, have voice unless otherwise granted by a unanimous vote of delegates present. In order to ensure the respectful and timely conduct of labour council business, these rules will be strictly applied.

The VDLC’s Constitution & By-laws, as well as a Labour Council Handbook, are available on the resources page of our website: https://vdlc.ca/resources/

The meeting agenda, including recommendations and any other documents will be distributed closer to the meeting date.

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Please note that only duly appointed and sworn-in delegates have vote at VDLC meeting. Further, only delegates, and invited guest speakers, have voice unless otherwise granted by a unanimous vote of delegates present. In order to ensure the respectful and timely conduct of labour council business, these rules will be strictly applied.

The VDLC’s Constitution & By-laws, as well as a Labour Council Handbook, are available on the resources page of our website: https://vdlc.ca/resources/

The meeting agenda, including recommendations and any other documents will be distributed closer to the meeting date.

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Our guest speaker will be Joshua Berson regarding his recent trip to work with International PRIDE Centre in Kenya, which our Labour Council provided support for.

Prior to the meeting, from 6:00pm-6:45pm, we will host a Pizza Educational. The topic of the educational will be “Why labour exchanges with China matter for workers”. Speakers will be former Interim Leader of the NDP, Don Davies, as well as John Price, former coordinator of the Capilano University Labour Studies Program, and participant in 2006 VDLC delegation to China.

We will be collecting donations of period products as part of the Period Promise campaign at this meeting.

Please note that only duly appointed and sworn-in delegates have vote at VDLC meeting. Further, only delegates, and invited guest speakers, have voice unless otherwise granted by a unanimous vote of delegates present. In order to ensure the respectful and timely conduct of labour council business, these rules will be strictly applied.

The VDLC’s Constitution & By-laws, as well as a Labour Council Handbook, are available on the resources page of our website: https://vdlc.ca/resources/

The meeting agenda, including recommendations and any other documents will be distributed electronically and posted to our website closer to the meeting date.

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Striking with History combines training for activists with labour history to help people think creatively about today’s struggles and tactics. It will draw on the experiences of the participants, interactive role-play, and history from the struggle for the 9-hour day to the recent UniteHere hotel strike to develop critical thinking and organizing skills for activists and organizers.

Facilitator: Mark Leier, SFU
Mark Leier is a history professor at Simon Fraser University. He has been a member of several unions over his working life, including the Glaziers, CUPE, TSSU, Carpenters, and SFUFA. Noted for his use of the banjo and labour songs in his classes, Mark is an award-winning teacher who has taught labour history at the CLC Winter School and for several unions. His books include Where the Fraser River Flows, a history of the IWW in BC; Bakunin: A Creative Passion, a biography of the 19th-century Russian anarchist, and Rebel Life: The Life and Times of Robert Gosden, a BC radical and police spy. His most recent project, with labour studies instructor John-Henry Harter, is Roles of Resistance: Game Plans for Teachers and Troublemakers. 
 
 

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This will be an opportunity to connect with others who are concerned about the state of our public education system, and how we can work together to improve it.

Wednesday, April 22

6:00pm – 8:00pm

VSTA Offices

Unit 505-63 West 6th Ave.

Vancouver, BC

Light food and refreshments provided.

RSVP required: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx…

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We will be collecting donations of period products as part of the Period Promise campaign at our April, and May regular meetings.

Please note that only duly appointed and sworn-in delegates have vote at VDLC meeting. Further, only delegates, and invited guest speakers, have voice unless otherwise granted by a unanimous vote of delegates present. In order to ensure the respectful and timely conduct of labour council business, these rules will be strictly applied.

The VDLC’s Constitution & By-laws, as well as a Labour Council Handbook, are available on the resources page of our website: https://vdlc.ca/resources/

The meeting agenda, including recommendations and any other documents will be distributed electronically and posted to our website closer to the meeting date.

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Your vote matters! Those who are elected will make critical decisions about our cities, schools, libraries, and parks. The outcomes will impact everything from utilities and infrastructure to public services and programs; from transit to swimming lessons, street cleaning to garbage collection, and so much more.

Labour endorsed candidates are pro-worker progressives who will fight for affordability, housing and transit, good jobs and strong public services. Labour endorsed candidates will be posted on our website closer to election time.

Don’t miss the chance to have your voice heard.

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Join us in Edmonds Park on Monday, September 7th between 11:00am and 2:30pm for a free, fun, family friendly celebration.

There will be exciting speakers (starting at 11:00am), bouncy castles, games and entertainment for kids, live music, free food and treats, union and community organization booths, and more!

Speakers to be announced closer to the date.

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4:00PM: Rally at Victory Square

4:30PM: March to the Russian Hall

5:00PM: Celebration at the Russian Hall

The event will feature speakers, music, comedy, food, union & community booths, and more! All welcome/ all ages.

Thank you to our sponsors: International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 500, MoveUP, BC General Employees’ Union, Canadian Union of Public Employees Metro Council, International Association of Theatrical & Stage Employees Local 891, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 963.

The VDLC is excited to announce our entertainment acts for this year’s International Workers’ Day event! There’s a diverse lineup of different acts that we believe provide something for everyone!

Left Coast Labour Chorus – Formed in September, 2014, the Chorus is 30-plus singers who merge their voices and their activism in their music.  Some Chorus members are new to choirs; many have been part of other choirs and song groups, including Solidarity Notes, Bargain at Half the Price and Union Train. 

The Labour Chorus have performed at rallies, picket lines, and many other VDLC events.

See and hear more about them at their website – https://leftcoastlabourchorus.com/

Megan Milton – Fresh off taping a gala at the Halifax Comedy Festival, Megan is a Vancouver based stand-up comedian and playwright based in Vancouver BC. Megan’s working-class upbringing is central to her perspective, and she describes her writing as intelligent, dark and just a little bit crass.

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/megan.mish.mash/

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmqZtBE1Vlk

Deocera is a Vancouver based band led by singer-songwriter Allison Deocera. With its name derived from Allison’s Filipino family tree, their sound combines tight harmonies, tasteful groove, and jazzy flourishes. With influences of 90s R&B girl groups, 2000s-era neo soul, and 70s soul. 

Bandcamp – https://deocera.bandcamp.com/album/birthday-girl-ep

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/deoceratheband/

Cheap Flavor –  Raised on equal parts Minutemen, John Lee Hooker, and System of A Down, this power trio of hollerin’ bastards have played for near a decade up and down the west coast.

Slinging homemade hot sauce for merch and covering every artist from Nelly Furtado to Pete Seeger, they’ll make ya shake your ass and shout for class war in the same 45 minute set. or at least until they get winded. 

Bandcamp – https://cheapflavor.bandcamp.com/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cheapflavor/

Simon Thistlewood, aka “dj Ocean” is an artist from the Okanagan. His weekly radio show ‘Forest Grove’ on CITR 101.9fm features an hour of eclectic tracks, chosen hits and occasional guests: https://citr.ca/listen/green-forest-grove

news on upcoming shows and archive of creative projects can be found at: https://hegemony-lodge.ghost.io/

He is delighted to perform again at this year’s May Day, in celebration of working people everywhere -The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World

We also encourage participation in the Vancouver Heritage Foundation & BC Labour Heritage Centre celebration of the Vancouver Labour Temple. See poster below for details.

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