DID YOU KNOW? There are over 20 scholarships available to post-secondary students affiliated with ILWU Canada, including Local 517's own Bud Smith Scholarship. There are scholarships for both university programs and also vocational / career technical programs. Application is open to active members and dependents of active members in good standing with the local. UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS - UPDATED* The period for submitting university scholarship applications has changed. UBC w

Monday, June 18, 2018 marks the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne, a demonstration that turned violent when 1,000 striking longshore workers and their supporters tried to march to Ballantyne Pier to protest the unloading of ships by strikebreakers. The protesters encountered both the Vancouver Police and the RCMP who tear-gassed the crowd. On the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne in 2010, a permanent memorial was dedicated at New Brighton Park. Since th

Held over the weekend of June 22-24 in Cumberland, the annual Miners Memorial is a celebration of workers and their families and a call for a renewed commitment for safe and healthy workplaces, justice and equity, and bread and roses for all. 2018 also marks the 100-year anniversary of the death of labour activist Ginger Goodwin, who was shot and killed in Cumberland on July 27, 1918. For more information including the full schedule of events, please visit: https://minersmemo