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The Port of Vancouver supports 115,300 jobs in Canada and provides $1.4 billion a year in tax revenues. [6] Vancouver's central area has 60% of the region's office space and is home to headquarters of forest products and mining companies as well as branches of national and international banks, accounting and law firms.
The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association is an association representing the interests of member companies in industrial relations on Vancouver's and other British Columbian seaports. The BCMEA currently consists of sixty-seven member companies with commercial interests based on the waterfronts of Vancouver and other seaports in ...
1935 – Battle of Ballantyne Pier (1935 Vancouver dockers' strike) 1936 - Corbin Mine strike, southern BC near Alberta-BC border. Several strikers sentenced to prison terms. One of them, David Lockhart, died of cellulitis while in prison. [33] 1938 – Bloody Sunday, culmination of the sit downer strike in Vancouver (unemployed workers' protests)
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) also showed that 5.46 million hires were made during the month, up from the 5.37 million made during November. The hiring rate was flat at 3.4% ...
Crown corporations in BC are public-sector organizations established and funded by the Government of British Columbia to provide specialized goods and services to citizens. [1] They operate at varying levels of government control, depending on how they are defined, funded, and the kinds of services they provide.
The cruise sector is the next largest, generating almost 5,600 direct jobs. Factoring in the multiplier effects (including indirect jobs), the port has a total employment impact of 69,200 jobs across all five sectors. The jobs created by the port pay on average 52% higher than the average wage in British Columbia.