Welcome to the website of the Public and Private Workers of Canada, Local 9, based in Prince George, British Columbia. We are an independent, democratic labour union representing hundreds of workers that places emphasis on membership not on top officials. We keep new people moving into office to prevent stagnation.
There are no trusteeship or administration provisions in our constitution enabling national union officers to come into a local and throw the local officers out of office or interfere with any decisions made by the local union.
A UNION FOR WORKERS, BY WORKERS
National Independence
If we believe that Canada should resist the constant efforts of other nations to control our economic and political affairs, then we must also subscribe to the position that the Canadian workers have control of their own affairs.
Democratic Control
Each local union elects a member to sit on the National Executive Board (NEB) ensuring that the local unions have direct involvement in the operation of the national union. The NEB is charged with the administration and management of the national union between conventions.
Membership Control
Canadian union members should have the right to make any and all decisions concerning their welfare. That can only come about when the leaders of our unions are regularly elected by the rank-and-file members.
Benefits to Canadian Workers
Only with the establishment of democratically-controlled Canadian union will workers be able to formulate policies and bargaining demands in tune with our needs. PPWC Local 9 is also a proud member of the Confederation of Canadian Unions, the largest association of independent unions in the country.
Click Here to Read Issue! newsnine-winter-2019 In This Issue: CCU 2019 Convention Highlights A Return to the Basic Principles of Unionism Bursary Recipients Mackenzie Matters Rally Forestry [...]
Download Issue In this Issue: Message from the President The Uncounted Table Officers and Committees BC Vows to Curb Raw Log Exports Photos from Day of Mourning IWA Thwarts Workplace Democracy
The PPWC wants to wish everyone a very Merry Holidays and Happy New Year in 2019. Check out the latest edition of the PPWC Leaflet. Download Issue (PDF) In this Issue: What’s Going on at the [...]
By PPWC President Arnold Berkov Printed in the Province, April 10, 2018 Premier John Horgan and his team made a calculated decision going into last spring’s provincial election to focus on wooing [...]
The Public and Private Workers of Canada endorses the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its call to action. Furthermore, we support the implementation of the United [...]
Published in 100 Mile Free Press, October 27, 2017 By Tara Sprickerhoof When the Gustafsen fire started, dangerously close to the Norbord mill, Chuck LeBlanc, the president of the Public and [...]
Hello all. As you can see it has been awhile since I last updated my page. No excuses just my bad! There is a lot going on within our Local in the upcoming months. The pulp wage delegates will be [...]
Published in the Prince George Citizen, February 22, 2017 By Kathy Nadalin Longtime retired president of Local 9 of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada (PPWC) union, Len Shankel was born in [...]
