Thousands of BC forest workers losing their jobs

15/03/2024 27 min Temporada 24
Thousands of BC forest workers losing their jobs

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The forestry sector in BC supports 44,000 direct jobs and close to 100,000 more indirect jobs. Since 2001, the industry has seen a 45 per cent drop in employment. Unions in the province recently held a conference to plan how to respond to the crisis. Comments by Gavin McGarrigle, Unifor's western regional director and Scott Lunny, director of United Steelworkers District 3 (Western Canada). RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.