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Read the Spring 2021 edition of CCU Connections, the news magazine of the Confederation of Canadian Unions. Download Here In this edition: Kelly Johnson – Fixing Canada’s Vaccine Delivery Failure Jim Streb [...]

PRINCE GEORGE, BC, April 22, 2021 /CNW/ – Two of the country’s largest pulp and paper unions, Unifor and the Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC), have agreed to continue to work together in the next [...]

Hello all, It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Len Shankel. Len was a long time President of Local 9 (32 Years). But he was more than that. Len was a giant in the labour movement. He along with a few [...]

The Fall 2020 edition of the newly designed CCU Connections, the news magazine of the Confederation of Canadian Unions, is now online. Special thanks to everyone on the editorial board, including Michael Belanger, Dawn [...]

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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 Locals? Pension Plan Update [...]

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 urban voters, with an [...]

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 Nations Declaration on the [...]

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 Private Workers of Canada’s [...]

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 meeting with Canfor on [...]

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 Liverpool, Nova Scotia [...]

I hope all members had a great Christmas with family and friends. It’s a nice time of the year to catch up with family and friends and enjoy life. We now ae back to work and those memories are behind us. Just a reminder [...]