British Columbia Federation of Labour

BCFED

Full name	British Columbia Federation of Labour
Founded	1910
Members	500,000 (2013) ^[1]
Affiliation	Canadian Labour Congress
Key people	Irene Lanzinger, President Aaron Ekman, Secretary-Treasurer
Office location	Vancouver, Canada
Country	Canada
Website	www.bcfed.ca

British Columbia Federation of Labour is a central organization for organized labour in British Columbia, Canada.

Founded in 1910 and now having over 500,000 individual members and 1200 locals or union sections, the BC Federation of Labour is the provincial Canadian Labour Congress affiliate and the umbrella organization for organized labour in British Columbia.

References

↑ membership info from BCFED website.

External links

BC Federation of Labour

Canadian Labour Congress

Provincial federations	Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest/Nunavut Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon

National affiliates	ACTRA BCTF CAUT CFNU COPE CPAA CUPE CUPW ETFO NUPGE OECTA OSSTF PSAC Unifor

International affiliates	AFM ALPA ATU AWIU BAC BCTGM Boilermakers CWA GMP IAFF IAM IATSE IBEW IBT IFPTE ILA ILWU IPP IUOE IUPAT OPCMIA SEIU SIU SMWIA UA UAW UBCJA UFCW UMW UNITE HERE USW UTU

Presidents	Claude Jodoin (1956–1966) Donald MacDonald (1967–1974) Joe Morris (1974–1978) Dennis McDermott (1978–1986) Shirley Carr (1986–1992) Bob White (1992–1999) Ken Georgetti (1999–2014) Hassan Yussuff (2014–present)

See also	Canadian Congress of Labour International Labor Communications Association One Big Union Trades and Labour Congress Workers' Unity League

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