May Day 2024 Schedule

April 25, 2024
AuditoriumBoardroom 1Boardroom 3
5:30 PMEvent opens. Booths and bar begin operating. Food is available.6:00 PM – 7:20 PMWorkshop: Fighting for Affordable Housing
presented by the Affordable BC Campaign (BCGEU)
6:00 PM – 7:20 PMWorkshop: Internationalism 101: Palestine is a Labour Issue
presented by Labour for Palestine
5:30 PMSariah Jacobs – Indigenous acknowledgement and sharing
5:40 PMRe: Sisters, Left Coast Labour Chorus8:10 PM – 9:30 PMWorkshop: How Workers Can Drive Change at City Hall
presented by Women Transforming Cities
8:10 PM – 9:30 PMWorkshop: Climate Change & Heat Protections for Workers 
presented by Worker Solidarity Network
5:55 PMOpening remarks by Stephen von Sychowski (VDLC)
6:00 PMLive music
6:30 PMPeter Marcus poetry
6:40 PMSpeech: Andy Healy, CUPE 5536
6:45 PMSpeech: Garth Mullins, VANDU
6:50 PMRecorded music, mingling
7:30 PMBook launch: ’12 Rules for Strife’
with labour & political cartoonist Sam Wallman
7:50 PMLive music
8:20 PMSpeech: Julie Diesta, Migrant Spring
8:25 PMEddy Pedreira, IATSE 938
8:30 PMRecorded music, mingling
9:15 PMBooths begin wrap up
9:30 PMEvent concludes

World Day for Decent Work: Canada’s unions fighting to protect the right to strike

October 7, 2026
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Global labour body warns Bill C-39 could violate Canada’s international obligations

October 2, 2026
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CEOs covered by new labour code make up to 199 times more than their workers

September 29, 2026
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Bill C-39 would give Canadian government broadest strike intervention powers in G7 

September 27, 2026
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Canada’s unions united against new restrictions on the right to strike

September 22, 2026
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Canadian Labour Congress to hold press conference on Canada Labour Code changes

September 21, 2026
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