📢 TransLink Board of Directors: Meet With Workers It’s time to meet with us now that a WorkSafeBC Inspection of Dexterra’s SkyTraining cleaning operations identified multiple health and safety operations.

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The Alberta Worker@abworker.bsky.social · 24h ago

Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social BC & Alberta truckers vote 96% to strike Wages for these workers ended up 10% behind inflation over the course of their last contract. albertaworker.ca/news/bc-albe...

Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social BC & Alberta truckers vote 96% to strike Wages for these workers ended up 10% behind inflation over the course of their last contract. albertaworker.ca/news/bc-albe...

BC & Alberta truckers vote 96% to strike

Wages for these workers ended up 10% behind inflation over the course of their last contract.

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168 truckers in Richmond, Victoria, and Edmonton sent a powerful message to the employer, McRae’s, with this strike vote. Thanks to the @abworker.bsky.social for covering this: albertaworker.ca/news/bc-albe... @kimsiever.bsky.social @bcfed.bsky.social @abfedlabour.bsky.social

A WorkSafeBC Inspection of Dexterra's SkyTrain cleaning operations has resulted in six outstanding safety orders after officers identified multiple health and safety violations affecting workers across the Expo and Millennium SkyTrain lines in Vancouver. @bcfed.bsky.social @movementyvr.bsky.social

A WorkSafeBC Inspection of Dexterra's SkyTrain cleaning operations has resulted in six outstanding safety orders after officers identified multiple health and safety violations affecting workers across the Expo and Millennium SkyTrain lines in Vancouver. @bcfed.bsky.social @movementyvr.bsky.social

New contract! Members at Branksome College in Toronto working for Aramark have just ratified a new collective agreement with: ✔️ wages increase ✔️ civic holiday included ✔️ an increase in their pension plan ✔️ significant improvements to their health and welfare benefits @seiu.org

96% vote to authorize a strike! 168 truckers in Richmond, Victoria, and Edmonton sent a powerful message to the employer, McRae’s, with this strike vote. When we fight we win! @bcfed.bsky.social @abworker.bsky.social @canadianlabour.bsky.social

Give this important piece by @pressprogress.ca about the cleaning contractor Dexterra Group - and its undermining of workers' rights in two of Canada's largest public transit systems – a read. ➡️ pressprogress.ca/workers-who-... @emmaarkell.bsky.social @bcfed.bsky.social

"when workers have brought safety issues to [Dexterra’s] attention, like working in ‘yellow line’ areas close to train tracks, their employment has been threatened.” - @emmaarkell.bsky.social at @pressprogress.ca ➡️ pressprogress.ca/workers-who-... @bcfed.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social

We were proud to join the emergency rally in Toronto to demand workplace protections for farm workers! “From cleaners to farm workers, our message is simple: an injury to one is an injury to all.” - Renzo Garcia, chair of the Toronto Justice for Janitors Council @canadianlabour.bsky.social

Charges have been dropped against SEIU USWW President David Huerta. A win for workers! We won’t stop speaking up to demand justice for all workers, no matter where they were born. We will not be silenced.

Today! Open to everyone: Join us for the virtual teach-in! 🗓️ Monday, July 27th ⏱️ 7 PM - 8:30 PM EST (6 PM - 7:30 PM AST, 4 PM - 5:30 PM PST) Registration ➡️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Photo credit: Geordie Day/Ricochet Media @freegrassy.bsky.social

We were proud to join the emergency rally in Toronto to demand workplace protections for farm workers! “From cleaners to farm workers, our message is simple: an injury to one is an injury to all.” - Renzo Garcia, chair of the Toronto Justice for Janitors Council @canadianlabour.bsky.social

Solidarity across borders! When a supermarket chain in California, a subsidiary of Canadian company The Jim Pattison group, changed contractors, cleaners saw their wages cut, lost health insurance, pensions, and paid time off. That’s why we wrote to The Jim Pattison Group. @seiu.org

"When workers feel afraid to speak up, safety is no longer being managed, it is being silenced.” - Sanchit Sharma, SEIU Local 2 Member ➡️ pressprogress.ca/workers-who-... @pressprogress.ca @emmaarkell.bsky.social @movementyvr.bsky.social @bcfed.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social @seiu.org

"when workers have brought safety issues to [Dexterra’s] attention, like working in ‘yellow line’ areas close to train tracks, their employment has been threatened.” - @emmaarkell.bsky.social at @pressprogress.ca ➡️ pressprogress.ca/workers-who-... @bcfed.bsky.social @oflabour.bsky.social

[the SEIU representative for SkyTrain workers, said the switch from the previous cleaning company to Dexterra was “like night and day.” “Dexterra took over and right away came in with zero tools, like no cleaning supplies, no nothing,”] TransLink denies all

PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 3w ago

Workers Who Clean Public Transit in BC and Ontario Say Their Employer is Undermining Their Rights Workers allege harassment from management, a lack of cleaning supplies and unsafe working conditions. pressprogress.ca/workers-who-...

Workers Who Clean Public Transit in BC and Ontario Say Their Employer is Undermining Their Rights Workers allege harassment from management, a lack of cleaning supplies and unsafe working conditions. pressprogress.ca/workers-who-...

Workers Who Clean Public Transit in BC and Ontario Say Their Employer is Undermining Their Rights

Workers allege harassment from management, a lack of cleaning supplies and unsafe working conditions.

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ICYMI: Dexterra workers who clean transit in Toronto and Vancouver say they’ve been told to clean without chemicals, work alone in unsafe conditions and have faced harassment from management. I wrote about it for @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/workers-who-...

Workers Who Clean Public Transit in BC and Ontario Say Their Employer is Undermining Their Rights

Workers allege harassment from management, a lack of cleaning supplies and unsafe working conditions.

pressprogress.ca

Give this important piece by @pressprogress.ca about the cleaning contractor Dexterra Group - and its undermining of workers' rights in two of Canada's largest public transit systems – a read. ➡️ pressprogress.ca/workers-who-... @emmaarkell.bsky.social @bcfed.bsky.social

On June 1st, we commemorate Injured Workers’ Day across Canada. We remember coworkers and fellow union members who have been hurt, fell ill, or lost their lives at work and continue to fight for more safe work environments for all. 1/2

📢The IWC is facing a 23% funding reduction that will have serious consequences for the dedicated employees, service delivery and, most importantly, the newcomers who rely on the IWC's programs. @hamiltonlabour.bsky.social 📧Send a letter to your MP! 🔗tinyurl.com/3te4s662 1/2

Yesterday we raised our SEIU flag in solidarity with the Ontario Health Coalition at Queen’s Park and joined @unifor.org, @opseusefpo.bsky.social, and CUPE Ontario’s ongoing fight for a stronger, fully public health care system that prioritizes workers, patients, and quality care for all. 📢✊🏼

May first marks International Workers' Day. In Ottawa, hundreds took to the streets to celebrate working class solidarity, march in the streets, and speak to pressing campaigns. Read about it here: leveller.ca/2026/05/otta... #ottpoli #ottnews @seiulocal2.bsky.social

Ottawa's May Day Rally Brings Together Communities, Common Struggles - The Leveller

By James Adair On May 1st, over 500 people gathered in Ottawa to celebrate May Day, otherwise known as International Workers’ Day. Colourful signs and banners of different community organizations and ...

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Welcome to SEIU Local 2! 🟪☕🟨 Starbucks workers at the Four Points Sheraton in Windsor voted unanimously to join the Union to win wage increases and adequate staffing levels! Congrats! @sbworkersunited.org

There’s still time to apply for our 2026 National Bursary contest! Open to all active SEIU Local 2 members and their dependents who will be attending a university or community college full-time in the fall. 🗂️🖊️ 🔗Apply here: seiulocal2.ca/member-resou...

Big gains for 45 unionized brewery workers at Andrew Peller Ltd. (Canada’s premium wine producer)! 💪🏼 We have signed a new collective bargaining agreement that ratified on May 19, 2026. 🔗Link to read story: seiulocal2.ca/brewery-work... 🟪🍷🟨

SEIU Local 2 supports @ichrp.net’s petition to review and suspend the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) between Canada and the Philippines. 🔗Sign here! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

We are joining our friends @freegrassy.bsky.social for their annual River Run on Sept. 23 to show that we are with them on the path to environmental justice and Indigenous sovereignty. ☀️☔️Rain or shine, family-friendly event! 🔗RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/river...