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Get your tickets today for Local 258's “Al Ross Memorial Fishing Derby” in Lillooet on the August long weekend!
Bargaining underway with BC Hydro April, 2012 - Local 258 Business Manager Doug McKay joined with members of the Bargaining Committee as negotiations got underway in March for a new collective agreement for members working at BC Hydro. The current collective agreement expired March 31st, 2012. Three days of meetings took place and more dates have been set to continue negotiations in April. Members who work at BC Hydro need to attend their regularly scheduled Unit Meetings where information will be updated as to the progression of these rounds of bargaining. IBEW Photo Contest The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Photo Contest is now open to active or retired members. Deadline is October 31, 2012 - enter your photos today! Click here for more information. SHOP UNION - car repairs by certified union workers April, 2012 - Find out where you have your car repairs performed by certified mechanics, members of IAMAW. Click here.
The Hotline now available on-line April, 2012 - The most recent issue of the Hotline, LU 258's news magazine has been mailed to members and is now available on-line - click here.
Labour Council Action - New Westminster & District Labour Council’s Political Action Committee seeks community members to join Council Watch and/or School Board Watch April, 2012 - In follow up to the New Westminster & District Labour Council's endorsement of municipal candidates for last year's elections, the Council’s Political Action Committee is embarking on a campaign to monitor local city councils and school boards to follow proceedings and bring first hand reports back to the NWDLC delegates about council and school board activities. If you would like to support this initiative and live in the listed communities, read more here. LU 258 and 213 IBEW establishes the BC Chapter of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus - members welcome to join to discuss human rights in the workplace
Focused at helping advocate for equal rights, opportunities and greater minority representation for IBEW members, the BC Chapter of the EWMC has established a regular meeting schedule and has already produced a poster and brochure for distribution. For more information and to find out about the next meeting, click here. Seeking participants for Mesothelioma research project March, 2012 - The University of British Columbia’s “Mesothelioma Awareness and Compensation Project” is seeking participants for a study to find out why some victims of Mesothelioma and their families fail to report workplace related exposures that have caused asbestos related cancers. A key part of their study (through an interview process with mesothelioma victims and/or their immediate family members) is to investigate why individuals do, or do not, seek compensation. There is a $100 honorarium for participants. Please contact Suhail Marino, UBC Study Coordinator at 604-822-0200 or email here. Click here to download and display the poster. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2012 Tom Forkin Scholarship Applications Now Available It's time for Local 258 IBEW's annual Tom Forkin Memorial Scholarship. This educational scholarship is open to Local 258 members and their dependants. Download application form and read more here.
Important Notice The delegates of the 38th IBEW International Convention, which was conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, during the week of September 19 through 23, 2011, approved amendments to Article IX of the IBEW Constitution. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2012, there will be a per capita increase of two dollars ($2.00) for all members, and the following rates will apply to the I.O. portion of all monthly dues payments covering January 2012 and thereafter: Per Capita: “A” members: $15.00 “B” members: $15.00 “FP” fee payers: $15.00 Pension Fund: “A” members: $14.00 “B” members: Not Applicable “FP” fee payers: Not Applicable Total: “A” members: $29.00 “B” members: $15.00 “FP” fee payers: $15.00 In accordance with Article IX of the IBEW Constitution, $15.00 per month from each member will be deposited in the General Fund, and the additional amount paid by “A” members ($14.00) per month will be deposited into the IBEW Pension Benefit Fund. LU 258's Michelle Laurie recognized with the United Way's December 9, 2011 - Local 258’s president Michelle Laurie was the recipient of the United Way’s Joe Morris Labour Community Service Award last evening at the gala 18th Annual United Way Labour Appreciation Dinner that took place at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Hotel in Burnaby. Join the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives today!
With offices across Canada. including here in British Columbia, the CCPA works with top-notch researchers to shed light on the key issues facing Canada. Whether it’s the push to privatize our health care system, the growing gap between the rich and the rest of us, or gas companies gouging us at the pump, we set the record straight. Auditor General's Report matches many of IBEW 258's findings November 4, 2011 - On October 27th, British Columbia’s Auditor General released his own report on BC Hydro’s use of deferral accounting, and his findings support the conclusions of our own report, “BC Hydro's Current State of Affairs”. Click here to read more. BC Hydro's Current State of Affairs September, 2011 - Local 258 IBEW has commissioned a detailed report that describes the ‘real reasons’ BC Hydro is finding itself in a difficult state of affairs. Click here to download read the report titled “BC Hydro as a Vehicle for Government Revenue”. 38th International Convention in Vancouver adjourns
Local 258 was proud to be a co-host with Local 213 of the IBEW for Convention. Read The Hotline Fall 2011 Convention Report here.
March, 2011 - The Tyee, BC's online news source, is featuring an article by intrepid reporter Will McMartin that exposes the links between BC Hydro's billion-dollar Smart Meters program and long time insider friends of the BC Liberal government. Click here to read.
Canadian Labour Congress launches Pensions & Retirement Security Campaign IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR LOCAL 258 LINEMEN Burnaby, July 30, 2009 - Please contact Jim McKay, Local 258 Dispatcher at 604-524-3547 with your I.P. date of completion and certification number. NOTICE FOR OUT OF PROVINCE JOURNEYMEN November, 2008 - Please review requirements for working in British Columbia as an Out of Province Journeyman. Download more information here. John Calvert on BC Hydro's amazingly bad deal for ratepayers We give big firms $15 billion. We get higher prices, no assets, no guarantee of supply. Click here to read more. David Schreck on The Privatization of BC Hydro Political pundit David Schreck, former NDP MLA, exposes what the BC Liberal government is doing in their ongoing "Privatization of BC Hydro". Click here to read more. |
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Copyright © 2012. All Rights Reserved. Local 258, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, British Columbia, CANADA This website created and maintained by Leopard Print Communications. Member CEP 525-G.
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Welcome to the website for IBEW Local 258 in British Columbia Canada. We represent 4,000 workers in the electrical utility industry (including powerline and outside construction), light manufacturing, traffic management and utility arborist industries across the province.
Local 258 invites 
April, 2012 - Members of IBEW Local 213 and 258 have gathered together to launch the BC Chapter of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC). The EWMC has been a fixture in the IBEW for almost 40 years, with the first chapter being created at the 30th International Convention that took place in Kansas City, Missouri.
Delegates from across North America 
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