Friday, December 5, 2025

Building Momentum Across BC

Members across British Columbia are heading into the new year with steady growth, strong project activity, and a clear focus on stability

Guide Magazine

By Nathan Mathews, BC Director

We have negotiated significant ratifications and have had important wins in hospitality and transportation. Alongside the work, we’re deepening Indigenous partnerships and continuing advocacy on public policy that affects how projects get built and who gets to work on them.

Construction: Big Sites, Solid Wins, Real Work

The collective agreement for Local 68 members employed by Peter Kiewit & Sons ULC was ratified at a peak of roughly 750 members, many of whom have been working on the Elk Valley Resources electrification project. On the coast, momentum continues with members now on site at Cedar LNG. Woodfibre LNG’s awarded Package B is set to start with many members employed on the project.

In the interior, we’ve begun signing project labour agreements with CLAC-signatory contractors for work at Teck’s Highland Valley Copper Mine, providing a structured pathway for members to access stable, well-governed jobs.

Across the province, infrastructure work remains busy. Water treatment plants continue to provide steady work for members employed by PCL Energy Inc., Nason Contracting Group Ltd., TWI (Technical Workforce Inc.), and Kiewit. PCL’s family event at the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant gave members and families a chance to see the site up close.

Mining work for members is active as well at the Brucejack and Red Chris mines. In the Lower Mainland, Burrard Chilco Partnership Ltd. has mobilized on the major Stanley Park watermain project. We’re also growing in the north, with members working at a Mayo area mine and at the Faro Mine, both in the Yukon.

Hospitality, Manufacturing, Service, Transportation

In hospitality, we advanced organizing despite headwinds. We secured a ground-up organizing win at Vancouver’s Azur Legacy Hotel. In logistics and building supplies, ACT Management is launching a medical supply warehouse, and North Coast Building Supplies is expanding with a new Chilliwack site expected to add about 20 more jobs.

We have also been hard at work in healthcare, where our training centre has brought forward a new training package, with the goal of boosting skills and career mobility for members working in the sector.

Partnerships, Community, and Advocacy

CLAC’s integrated approach continues to deepen relationships with Indigenous communities and major project proponents. Preproject consultation and early engagement are creating better pathways to employment, mentorship, and life skills supports, while our partnership with First Nations Natural Gas Alliance is strengthening both project opportunities and public policy impact.

On the advocacy front, we are monitoring Bill 15 and continuing to press for fair and open tendering so that qualified workers and contractors—regardless of union affiliation—can compete and contribute. Our industry network remains active, with growing files tied to mining, Highland Valley Copper, Cedar LNG, LNG Canada Phase 2, Ksi Lisims LNG, and port developments.

Looking Ahead

We’re continuing to build momentum, and 2026 looks to be a great year for work opportunities for members, with LNG and mining sites ramping up, core infrastructure remaining steady, and hospitality continuing to grow. To you our members, we thank you for the professionalism you bring to work every day on sites, in shops, classrooms, on the road, and in care settings.

Building Momentum Across BC

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