VDLC October Regular Meeting

October 20, 2026 at
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PST Maritime Labour Centre 1880 Triumph St. , BC V5L 4C4

The next regular meeting of the VDLC will be held in person ad via Zoom on Tuesday, October 20^th, 7:00pm at the Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St.

Prior to this meeting, at 6:00pm, a “smaller unions” caucus will be held to elect four members-at-large and up to two alternates to the VDLC Executive Board. All delegates are entitled to attend except those from the ten largest unions, who appoint their representatives through a separate process. The ten largest affiliated unions are: BCGEU, BCTF, COPE, CUPE, CUPW, HEU, IAFF, IATSE, ILWU, USW. The caucus will be chaired by President Stephen von Sychowski, and the election will be conducted by CLC Representative Amandeep Nijjar.

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.