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WE POWER BCThe Union of Hearts & Minds
Who We Are
Local 258 is part of one of the largest and strongest Trade Unions in North America, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing 750,000 workers across Canada and the United States. We provide high quality Union representation to our membership and work in all spheres to improve the lives of our members and their families.
What We Do
Local 258 IBEW employs a full complement of professional staff that proudly serves our membership who work in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. Our elected Executive Board reflects more than 100 years of experience and success.
Who We Represent
Local 258 IBEW represents more than 4,000 highly skilled trades & professional workers in British Columbia’s and the Yukon Territory’s publicly-owned electric utility and associated private companies, including power line contracting, electrical manufacturing, utility arborist/tree trimming and traffic control.
Latest NewsAttention: To all Local 258 IBEW members working in traffic control: Posted November 25, 2022 We are coming close to meeting with traffic control employers to commence bargaining for the Master Traffic Control Agreement. We do not currently have buy-in from all the employers. This first meeting will determine which companies will be moving forward and joining the Master Agreement.November 17, 2022 - Local 258 IBEW would like to extend congratulations to our brothers and sisters over at IBEW Local 213 in Port Coquitlam after their successful ruling at the Canadian Industrial Relations Board. In 2017, workers at Ledcor Technical Solutions certified with Local 213. These members have been attempting to secure their first collective agreement ever since.
Remembrance Day was first observed throughout the British Commonwealth in 1919. It was held to pay tribute to the end of the First World War through the signing of the Armistice Agreement on November 11, 1918, at 11 am. It is because of the brave men and women who have served our great nation that we enjoy the peace and freedoms we have today.
POSTED NOV. 7, 2022 Earlier this week, the Government of Ontario passed legislation which imposed a contract on 55,000 education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Included in the legislation was the rarely invoked notwithstanding clause, which blocks a constitutional challenge by the union over charter rights, that being the right to strike.
Posted October 31, 2022 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! On behalf of Local 258 IBEW we would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween. IBEW/BC Hydro Bargaining Update: Local 258 and BC Hydro are set to resume negotiations in late November.Posted October 5, 2022 Your Union received notification from a member who recently received a complimentary disc-shaped wireless cell phone charger from the Union. This device is now noted to be a fire risk and if you are in possession of one of these devices (see photo below), in white or black, please unplug it and stop using it immediately.
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