Andre Roberge

09/09/2025

09/09/2025

B.C.’s shipyards don’t just build ferries, they build communities, careers, and a stronger economy. Let’s make sure those benefits stay here. Have you written to your MLA yet? https://buildthemhere.ca/

09/05/2025

Doug nailed it in this interview!

We’re treating Temporary Foreign Workers as “less than Canadian”—and that’s wrong.

Big corporations have been using this program to undercut wages and drive down standards for everyone. It’s not fair to Canadian workers, and it’s not fair to the people brought here under these conditions.

It’s time for a system that respects workers and pays fair wages.

09/05/2025

Like I said, I STAND with Ironworkers Local 97 on this issue. Thank you, Doug for your continued advocacy on fairness for workers struggling to make ends meet.

09/01/2025

This Labour Day, we salute the ironworkers who build the bridges, towers, and skylines that shape our communities. The work is tough, the sacrifice is real and the results stand for generations. Solidarity is our strength!

Enjoy the day off. You earned it.
Happy Labour Day from Ironworkers Local 97.

09/01/2025

Looking for a Labour Day event? We've got you covered. There's plenty of action all across the province. Celebrate your labour alongside our union brothers and sisters at these great events!

09/01/2025

Reminder - ILWU Local 333 Labour Day BBQ Picnic!

09/01/2025

Celebrate Labour Day with the BC Building Trades! Join us at Edmonds Park with VDLC, NWDLC, and affiliate Unions.

08/27/2025

08/26/2025

In 1959, a BC judge sent the president and two business agents of Ironworkers' Local 97, as well as the editor of The Fisherman union newspaper, to Oakalla Prison for contempt of court.

The issue? Local 97 was on a legal strike during the building of the Second Narrows Bridge, but the employer wanted the strike ended. They argued that a particular unfinished span was too dangerous to wait and the courts agreed, ordering the ironworkers back to work.

The workers refused to abandon their strike, arguing that if the bridge was at risk of collapse, it was a risk to workers too. That's when the infuriated judge sent the four men to prison.

What happened then? Read the whole story here: https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca/berger/

Otto Landauer photo, Jewish Museum & Archives of BC, LF-36342

08/26/2025