PPWC Local 8

https://ppwclocal8.com/spring-2026-edition-of-ccu-connections-magazine-focuses-on-affordability/

Check out the Spring 2026 edition of Connections Magazine, the official voice of the Confederation of Canadian Unions. This is the special issue on affordability and the price that working people are paying for near all time high corporate profit margins.

And this is the first issue that we’re printing. 2,500 copies will be made available at the CCU Labour School and Executive Board meeting taking place in Winnipeg from June 6 to 7. CCU affiliates like the Public and Private Workers of Canada ( ) will take hundreds of hard copies back to their communities.

In this edition:

Shawn Sly – Health and Safety in Construction
Mike Jensen – The Real Cost at the Pump Isn’t Tax — It’s Profit
Spotlights – YUSA and PPWC Local 26
Paula Gowdie – Coping in the Work Environment
Kristopher Stevens – Affordable Home Ownership in a Cost-of-Living Crisis
Tracy King – Rising Gas Prices, Impacts on Workers and the Cost of Commuting in the West Kootenays
Geoff Dawe – A Final Farewell to the PPWC and CCU
Raquel Torres – Grocery Bills and Gas Tanks: The Hidden Stressors Impacting Engagement and Solidarity
Interview with NSUPE President Christina Covert
Spotlights – NSUPE and CUSW-BC
Jenn Ferdinands – Affordability, Work, and the Decisions Families are Making Today
Shivani Bhukhureea – Affordability Crisis: The Rising Cost of Gas, Food and Housing in Canada
Spotlights – PPWC Local 15 and PPWC Local 1

https://ppwclocal8.com/ppwc-local-8-holds-organizing-training-with-ccus-jan-noster/

PPWC Local 8 hosted our first Organizing training on May 4 and 5, 2026. A huge thank you to all Locals for making this a success. Also, a special thank you to Jan Noster, Executive Director, for coming to the Island to conduct the training.

Adrian Soldera
President, PPWC Local 8

Public and Private Workers of Canada - PPWC PPWC Local 1 PPWC Local 2 PPWC Len Shankel Local 9 PPWC Local 8 PPWC Local 15 PPWC Local 26

https://ppwclocal8.com/ppwc-local-8-recognizes-day-of-mourning-on-april-28/

Every year on April 28, workers across the country recognize the National Day of Mourning. Unions like the PPWC Local 8 have long played a central role in advancing health and safety standards across industries. Through decades of advocacy, education, and collective bargaining, unions have helped secure critical protections that many workers now take for granted: safer equipment, stronger regulations, the right to refuse unsafe work, and joint health and safety committees. These gains were not handed down. They were fought for through persistence, solidarity, and, too often, in response to tragedy.

Read the full statement and download and print out the poster for your place of work at the link above.