Written Submissions
Process Overview
As the first stage of a broad consultation process in early 2018, the Review Panel called for written submissions from interested organizations and individuals, asking for their views on amendments to the Labour Relations Code. Written submissions were accepted until March 20, 2018.
With the benefit of having received the written submissions, public consultations were held in communities around B.C. throughout March and April. As well, anyone who made a submission was invited to provide a response to other submissions if they wished, by April 24, 2018.
After considering this feedback, the Review Panel prepared and submitted their report, “Recommendations for Amendments to the Labour Relations Code”, to the Minister of Labour at the end of August 2018.
The report was made public in October 2018. Following the report’s release, written submissions on the panel’s report and recommendations were accepted until November 30, 2018.
Organizational and expert submissions, from both the consultation stage and the report review stage, have been made public (see below), to demonstrate transparency of the process and show different perspectives on the topic.
Submission Criteria:
In order for organizational/expert submissions to be publicly posted, submissions had to meet the following criteria:
- does not contain profanity or is defamatory, threatening, hateful, personally disparaging, harassing, indecent, vulgar, obscene, illegal, immoral or sexually explicit (partially masking profanity or other unacceptable language by substituting asterisks or other symbols into a word is not acceptable if the word remains recognizable);
- does not appear to, or does not actually, infringe the copyright, trade-mark, right of privacy, right of publicity or any other intellectual property or other proprietary right of any third party;
- does not contain information about, or images (e.g., photographs, videos or illustrations) of, any person other than the person submitting the content;
- does not advertise any product, person or organization, or direct attention to another website for personal gain;
- does not provide links to, or information about, other sites that contain unlawful, objectionable or inappropriate content;
- does not make unproven or unsupported accusations against individuals, groups or organizations;
- does not appear to be repetitive or a template letter writing campaign;
- is not far off-topic.
Private citizens were also encouraged to send in their written submissions. In order to protect privacy and the personal stories that some citizens may want to share with government privately, private citizen submissions were not posted to this site unless requested by the person submitting. Private citizens’ emails had to meet the criteria above in order to be posted publicly.
Written Submissions:
Questions that served as a guide for developing submissions during the consultation stage included:
- Which specific sections of the Labour Relations Code do you wish to see amended, and why?
- What are your top issues or concerns with the existing Code?
- How do your proposals promote certainty and harmonious and stable labour/management relations?
- What are your experiences or thoughts about B.C.’s Code, as an employer, as a worker, as a labour lawyer, as a business association, or as a labour organization?
- Is there anything else you would like the Labour Relations Code review panel to consider when developing their recommendations about amendments to the Code? Read the written submissions:
Read the written submissions from the consultation stage – spring 2018:
- Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada
- Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1722
- Art Babbitt Appreciation Society
- BCGEU
- BC Building Trades
- BC Federation of Labour
- B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union
- BC Health Coalition
- BC Road Builders & Heavy Construction Association
- British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
- British Columbia Hotel Association
- British Columbia Regional Council of Carpenters
- Business Council of British Columbia
- Campbell River, Courtenay & District Labour Council
- Canadian Affiliates of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Canadian Media Producers Association, BC Producers Branch
- Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
- Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Canadian Franchise Association
- Canadian Union of Public Employees, BC Division
- Chris Budgell
- Christina Stelp
- CLAC
- Coalition of BC Businesses
- Construction Labour Relations Assoc. of BC
- Construction Maintenance and Allied Workers Canada
- Cranbrook District Teacher’s Association
- CUPE Local 1004
- DigiBC
- Federation of Post-Secondary Educators
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade – Joint Business Association Submission
- Harold -Linda Young
- Health Sciences Association of BC
- Hospital Employees’ Union
- ILWU Canada and the Retail Wholesale Union
- Independent Contractors and Businesses Association
- Interior Forest Labour Relations Association
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, Local 118
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in BC
- International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115
- John Jensen
- Kamloops and District Labour Council
- Ledcor
- Migrant Workers Centre 1
- Migrant Workers Centre 2
- MoveUP
- M.S.
- Nanaimo Duncan District Labour Council
- New Westminster & District Labour Council
- North Okanagan Labour Council
- Paul Johnston
- Public Service Alliance of Canada, BC Region
- Professional Employees Association
- Progressive Contractors Association of Canada
- Public and Private Workers of Canada
- Retail Action Network 1
- Retail Action Network 2
- Retail Action Network 3
- Retail Council of Canada
- Research Universities’ Council of British Columbia
- Service Employees International Union Local 2
- Teacher’s Staff Union
- Teamsters Local 213
- Terrace District Teachers’ Union
- Together Against Poverty Society
- Unifor
- United Association
- United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices Local Union 170
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 1518
- United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
- United Steelworkers Local 1-1937
- United Steel Workers Local 1-405
- UNITE HERE! Local 40
- Urban Development Institute – Pacific Region
- Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights
- Vancouver and District Labour Council
- Email submission – Time to level the playing field for workers
Read the written submissions on the Review Panel’s report – fall 2018:
- BC Building Trades
- BC Care Providers Association
- BC Construction Association
- BC Federation of Labour
- BC Government and Service Employees’ Union
- BC Road Builders & Heavy Construction Association
- BIMBO Canada
- British Columbia Automobile Association
- British Columbia Regional Council of Carpenters
- British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
- Business Council of British Columbia
- Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office
- Canadian Credit Union Association
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business
- Canadian Franchise Association
- Chartered Professionals Human Resources Association of B.C. & Yukon
- Chris Budgell
- CLAC
- Coalition of BC Businesses
- Construction Labour Relations Association of British Columbia
- Council on Northern Interior Forest Employment Relations
- CUPE BC
- Euro Asia Inc.
- Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC
- Health Sciences Association of BC
- Hospital Employees’ Union
- IATSE
- Interior Forest Labour Relations Association
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers 118
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115 1
- International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115 2
- Joint Business Community Submission
- MoveUP
- Pacific Western Transportation
- Progressive Contractors Association of Canada
- PRT Growing Services Ltd.
- SEIU Local 2
- Sodexo Canada Inc.
- Teamsters Local Union No. 213
- Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
- Unifor
- UNITE HERE Local 40
- United Food and Commercial Workers Union, 1518
- United Steelworkers District 3
- Vancouver City Savings Credit Union