New school buses unveiled with more cost cutting studies

BURNABY—The BC government announcement that it is providing 106 new green school buses will be welcomed in school districts throughout B.C. However, the June 25 announcement included a repeat of government’s desire to further study cost savings options such as bulk purchasing. And while new buses will be more efficient, districts with higher-than-average transportation costs […]

ITUC affiliates share strategies to fight HIV/AIDS in the workplace

Strategic union partnerships, new ILO standards highlighted at congress luncheon VANCOUVER—The world’s richest nations may be dragging their heels on developing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS strategy, but the same cannot be said of the international trade union movement, whose embrace of strategic global union partnerships to tackle the pandemic is making a difference in the workplace. […]