Local 464 mourns the passing of, life-long
labour activist, Arthur “Art” Alexander Kube (January 9, 1935 – February 10,
2019). Throughout his life, Art was a
Union Organizer, the Regional Director of Education of the Canadian Labour
Congress (CLC) and the developer CLC’s Winter School at Harrison Hot Springs. Kube
was also past President of the BC Federation of Labour and the Chairperson for the
largest political protest in BC’s history, Operation Solidarity. BC has lost a treasure,
a real advocate for the working man. He will be missed.
Local 464 would like to congratulate our new Brothers and Sisters at Ultima Foods (Olympic Dairy) on the overwhelming ratification of their first collective agreement, which was accepted by a margin of 86%! We look forward to working with you and ask all Teamster members to support this new group by supporting their great (and some alternative) Olympic branded yogourt products, found throughout the cooler section of your local supermarket.
ISTS, the administering firm for the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund, has opened up the application system for the 2019 academic and vocational/training scholarships. The application system is completely on-line. Academic scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, will be awarded to high school seniors who are planning to attend a four-year college or university and who are sons, daughters or financial dependents of Teamster members.
Applications are also being accepted for Training and Vocational Program scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000. These will be awarded to sons...
Atessa Flamand, a relative of Brother Bradley Flamand, has been selected as a $1,000.00 James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship recipient in the 2018 scholarship for high school seniors.
Teamsters Local 464, in conjunction with Union Savings and Vubiz, are pleased to announce the availability of over 280 prepaid online training courses for Members and their friends and families.
The courses cover subjects from WHMIS 2015 to Back Safety to Basic Finance to Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010. The courses will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can take and retake any or all the courses. Be sure to take advantage of as many as possible. We are certain that you and your friends and family will find many courses that will address both your needs and interests.
Starting in September, the BCFED Health and Safety Centre is offering free* 12 week English as an Additional Language (EAL or ESL) in Richmond or Vancouver.
(*$50 deposit required - to be refunded upon graduation - attendance to a minimum of 50% of classes to graduate)
