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2012/2013 scholarship applications forms are now available


Detailed scholarship policy information is available here.

Posted February 21

WaterFront News



New!  White Safety Book    Posted October 2005


   Longshore Pension information is available here!
Fairness at Work - Federal Labour Standards for the 21st Century

Part III of the Canada Labour Code was enacted in 1965. It addresses a wide and complex range of matters conventionally covered by labour standards legislation — hours of work, vacations, holidays, wages, leaves and termination of employment — and some not usually found in such legislation, including sexual harassment, unjust dismissal and pay equity. While Part III has been amended several times since, it has never been reviewed comprehensively until now.


Opportunities, Challenges, and Managing Trade - A Labour Perspective

This three-part paper is the result of a coast-to-coast collaboration by our national marine unions. Our paper documents our concerns about where the debate on transporation of marine cargo is headed, mindful that commercial interests appear to have had a higher level of government access than other stakeholders in the debate to date.

The contributions within this paper represent proposals for our policy makers and our communities in developing sound and socially sustainable marine and transportation policy.

Posted November 6, 2006
  • Unions urge changes to labour code
ILWU-Canada and Grain Services Union are urging a major upgrade of the federal minimum labour standards set out in Part III of the Canada Labour Code.  On September 27, ILWU-Canada President Tom Dufresne and GSU General Secretary Hugh Wagner presented a brief to the Commission reviewing federal labour standards.

  • Salmon Wars - The battle for the West Coast Salmon Industry
    Read Dennis Brown’s account of the changing fortunes of Canada’s West Coast salmon fishery, and of the people and communities whose lives and livelihoods are intertwined with that precious resource.
Available at book stores everywhere!
More information here!

  • Betrayed - The story of Canadian Merchant Seamen
Elaine Brière's documentary tells the little-known struggle of merchant seamen to save the merchant fleet and their livelihood. It traces the history of Canadian shipping from the international strike of 1949 to the globalization of coastal shipping in Australia by Canada Steamship Lines – owned by the family of Canadian prime minister, Paul Martin.
For information on ordering the video or on having Elaine show BETRAYED and speak to your organization/group, contact Elaine by email at ebriere@telus.net or by phone at  604.216.0002.