The Metro Vancouver company awarded an eight-billion dollar shipbuilding contract by the federal government has started hiring. The President of Seaspan Shipyards, Brian Carter, says 35 senior positions have been filled in the last 11 months. "Technical shipbuilders, engineers, planners, program managers. We'll hire another 35 people in 2013 … [Read more...]
Court rules in favour of unions over controversial hiring of Chinese miners
November 22, 2012 by
Two unions trying to block the hiring of Chinese workers for a new underground coal mine in northern B.C. have scored their first victory in federal court. Justice Douglas Campbell has ruled in favour of the unions, granting them permission to fight for access to records that let up to 300 Chinese nationals into Canada on temporary visas. Union … [Read more...]
Bus Driver Hiring Freeze
May 27, 2012 by
The Coast Mountain Bus Company has put the brakes on hiring bus drivers. For the last couple of years there's been a big push by Coast Mountain to recruit and hire more bus drivers because of service expansion and attrition. Coast Mountain's Derek Zabel says that's ended now with the Mayor's Council turning down the supplemental Translink … [Read more...]
