LEEFF and Protecting Workers – Vancouver and District Labour Council. Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:32:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://vdlc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2021/10/cropped-VDLC_CLC_Favicons-32x32.png LEEFF and Protecting Workers – Vancouver and District Labour Council. 32 32 LEEFF and Protecting Workers https://vdlc.ca/leeff-and-protecting-workers/ Mon, 25 May 2020 14:50:00 +0000 https://vancouverlabour.labourcouncils.wpengine.com/?p=701 In any bailout package to employers or industries, workers and their jobs must come first. The VDLC has written to the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Finance calling for exactly that in the case of the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) and Airport Authorities.  The letter is also endorsed by International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 16, MoveUP, PSAC Local 20221 (Union of Canadian Transportation Employees), and UNITE HERE Local 40. 

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]]> In any bailout package to employers or industries, workers and their jobs must come first. The VDLC has written to the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Finance calling for exactly that in the case of the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) and Airport Authorities. 

The letter is also endorsed by International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 16, MoveUP, PSAC Local 20221 (Union of Canadian Transportation Employees), and UNITE HERE Local 40. 

Read the letter HERE. 
Update 05/28/2020: A letter has also been sent to Premier John Horgan, and can be view here. 

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