PresidentStan Hennessy
Dignity... Justice... A Voice in the Workplace
These are the principles on which organized labour was founded. No single union has ever achieved these goals with more success and consistency than the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Teamsters Local No. 31 is affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Teamsters Canada, and the Canadian Labour Congress.
Information and Awareness
- 2019 Canadian Labour Congress Pacific Region Winter School - Deadline for applications November 26, 2018
- Teamster Brother Leroy Moss Appointed Head Coach of Vancouver Magician Baseball Team
- Teamsters Canada Scholarship for Members - Deadline October 31, 2018
- Improve Amazon Working Conditions Now - JOIN TEAMSTERS
- Sysco Workers United
- DRIVE UP STANDARDS - School Bus and Transit Workers United
- Park'N Fly Extends Discount Offer to Teamsters Across Canada
Latest News Bulletins
- Attention To All Teamsters of Impending Canada Post Labour Dispute
- TEAMSTERS NATION PODCAST: TeamsHERS on the Job!
- Teamsters Encourage Workers to Join the Union to Put an End to Missing Wages, Grueling Shifts, and Bottles of Urine: The disturbing Accounts of Amazon
- Women's Conference Closes With Strong and Inspiring Speakers
- Teamsters Annual Women's Conference Kicks Off
- Amazon Is Worth $1 Trillion. Its Workers Are on Food Stamps
- People are horrified by an Amazon patent that puts workers in cages - but an Amazon exec said even 'bad ideas' get submitted
- Hoffa: Appreciating Truckers Means Keeping Rules That Make Roads Safer
- Teamsters Labour Legacy; Building the Middle Class (Video)
- Amazon Employs Warehouse "Ambassadors" to Tweet Back at Criticism of Working Conditions
- Growing for the Future (Podcast): Teamsters Panel of Experts Discuss the Cannabis Industry and the Need to have Fair Wages and Benefits for Workers
- Marijuana Cultivation and Distribution Company Located in Aldergrove and Ladner Receives Multi-Billion Dollar Investment: Meanwhile, Workers are Paid Minimum Wage?
- Amazon Pampers 6,000 Dogs While Warehouse Workers Pee in Bottles
- The Monday Morning Drive
- Variety Club Board and Staff Express Thanks to the Teamster Volunteers at the 52nd Annual Show of Hearts Telethon
- Canadian CEO Pay Is 159 Times More Than The Average Worker's Salary
- Astronomical Gap Between the Pay of Workers and Bosses Exposed in Report on Earnings of America's Top 350 CEOs
- Get in Line: Backlog for Big Rigs Stretches to 2019
- Amazon Sparks Privacy Concerns as Patent Reveals AR Goggles to Direct Employees Through Warehouses - and Monitor Their Every Move
- Teamster Power, Tex Williams
- The Monday Morning Drive
- Accidents at Amazon: Workers Left to Suffer After Warehouse Injuries
- Bringing High Pay to Workers in the Cannabis Industry
- Under Pressure From Investors, Cardinal Health Agrees to Bolster Opioid Distribution Oversight
- Swire Coca-Cola Workers in Phoenix Ratify First Teamster Contract
- Investors: Hold McKesson accountable for exacerbating opioid crisis
- Local Union No. 31 Negotiates First Agreements at Overland West Freight Lines Ltd. at Surrey and Kamloops Terminals
- Mike Hennessy, Business Representative, Reports on Freight at Local 31
- The Monday Morning Drive
- Teamsters Organizer Allen Henry is Cleaning Up the Neglect in the Sanitation Industry
- Teamsters at Miller Brewery Ratify New 3-Year Agreement, Strike Averted
- The Monday Morning Drive
- President James P. Hoffa: Message to the Amazon MAD4 Workers
- Teamster Members at Canadian Pacific Railway Ratify Four Year Agreement
- Workers at MAXX Go on Strike to Improve Wages and Vacation Seniority
- The Monday Morning Drive
- Teamsters Urge McKesson Shareholders to Dump the Audit Committee Chair Over Opioid Crisis
- Helping a Falsely Accused Teamsters Trucker
- Ontario Teamsters Joint Council No. 52 Raises $120,000 for Variety Village, A Children's Charity
- Lac-Megantic, Five Years Later
- President Stan Hennessy Addresses Container Trucking Commissioner
- Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Workers Join Teamsters Local 769
- Intermodal Transportation Workers in California Ratify First Teamsters Contract
- The Monday Morning Drive
- Opioid Epidemic's Other Battleground: Teamsters vs. McKesson
- President Stan Hennessy Calls Upon Members of the Teamsters Union Not to Cross the Picket Lines at the Hard Rock Casino
- The Monday Morning Drive
- Casino Strikers Demand BCLC Intervene
- Statement of Solidarity with Teamsters Canada on Canada-U.S. Trade Issues
- The Teamsters Stage will Provide a Variety of Entertainment at the Sapperton Day Street Festival in New Westminster on June 10th
- Monday Morning Drive to TEAMSTERS Empowerment
- Teamsters Stage to host Performances at the Hats Off Day Parade and Festival in Burnaby on June 2nd
- Teamsters National Benefit Plan Announces Increase to 100% Coverage for Prescription Medication
- "Last Horsemen" Documentary Details Story of Teamster Carriage Drivers Who Fought to Save Historic Industry
- CP Rail Reaches Tentative Deal with Teamsters Union, Ending Strike
- Teamster Rail Conference Train Operators at CP Rail on Strike
- Local 31 Increases Membership Representation by Adding Executive Board Trustee and UPS Chief Shop Steward, Bro. Mark Bethel as Business Agent.
- NEW TEAMSTERS LOCAL 31 LIMOUSINE DRIVERS AT AEROCAR SERVICE RATIFY FIRST COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
- NEW TEAMSTERS LOCAL 31 PORT AND RAIL DRIVERS AT SIMARD WESTLINK INC. RATIFY FIRST COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
- There Is Power in a Union
- Teamster Rail Workers Strongly Reject CP Railway Ltd. Offer
- Durham School Bus Workers Join Teamsters Local 243
- Albany First Student Drivers and Monitors Vote to Join Teamsters Local 294
- Teamster.org Publishes Vancouver Local 31 Limo Drivers Ratify First Contract
- Chattanooga Durham Workers Are Latest School Bus Employees to Join Teamsters
- Sysco Workers in Post Falls, Idaho Ratify Teamsters Contract
- Brother Bobby LeFever Recruiting Teamster Baseball Players for International League Team ( web site , press release )
- Arbitrator Awards Local 31 Members at Canada Cartage Compensation
- General Membership Meeting Notice - To All Teamster Local 31 Members
- Sysco Inventory Control Workers in California Join Teamsters
- Canadian Workers Wages Rise, but Mo' Money for Management
- Teamsters Local 31 Reaches Tentative Agreement with Aerocar Services, Highend Limousine Services, 632226 B.C. Ltd, and 0935143 B.C. Ltd.
- 72 HOUR STRIKE NOTICE ISSUED at Highend Limousine Services Ltd. and Aerocar Service Ltd.0935143 B.C. Ltd., 632226 B.C. Ltd.
- Scholarship Information for the 2018 Academic Year - James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship, James R. Hoffa Memorial Training & Vocational Scholarships, Teamsters Local 31 Scholarship and Teamsters Local 31 Art Price Scholarship
- Meeting Notice for all Bargaining Unit Members employed at Aerocar Services, Highend Limousine Services, 632226 BC Ltd. and 0935143 BC Ltd.
- CP Rail Labour Vote Set for May 14-23
- McKesson Internal Review Clears Senior Management of Wrongdoing on Opioids
- Stericycle Strike Ends in Major Union Victory
- Teamster School Bus Drivers at Montreal West Island Vote in Favour of New Contract
- Notice to All Bargaining Unit Members employed at Simard Westlink
- Notice to All Bargaining Unit Members Employed at Cloverdale Fuel Limited
- Sysco Teamsters Ratify Two First Contracts, Expand Bargaining Power in Florida
- Teamsters Support the Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society to Raise Money for Nutritional Snack Program that Helps Feed Hungary Kids in Burnaby Schools
- General Membership Meeting Notice - To All Teamster Local 31 Members
- Montreal West Island School Bus Workers on Strike
- Taxi Drivers At Seattle Airport Protest "Pay To Work" Scam
- Local 174 Checkers at Swire Coca-Cola Ratify New Contract
- Teamsters Sue Drug Manufacturers Over Opioid Crisis
- Canadian Pacific Unions Call Strike 'Inevitable' Hours After Deal Lauded
- Notice to all Members and Retirees of Teamsters Local Union No. 31
- Teamsters at Park'N Fly are Recognized for their Excellence in Service
- Notice to all Teamsters Local 31 members employed at Beachcomber Hot tubs
- Notice to all Teamsters Local 31 members employed at CSA Transportation
- Local 31 Awarded Certification to Represent Drivers, Owner-Operators and the Drivers of Owner-Operators at CSA Transportation
- Local 31 Certified to Represent Drivers and Owner-Operators at Dayal Transportation Systems Inc.
- Thousands of Deliveries, Zero Accidents: UPS Recognizes Drivers With 25 Accident-Free Years
- Teamsters Highlight Safety Problems with Autonomous Testing
- Teamster Shuttle Drivers at High Tech Companies Negotiate Master Contract
- Swissport Workers Join Teamsters Local 174
- Notice to all Bargaining Unit Members Employed at Aerocar Service, Highend Limousine Services, 632226 BC Ltd and 0935143 BC Ltd.
- Companies Are Disclosing How Much Less They Pay Workers Than Executives
And some firms seem a little embarrassed. - Spain's Amazon Workers Call 2-Day Strike Over Wages, Rights
- Teamsters Local 17 Wins $160,000 Settlement, Reinstatement for Sheriff's Deputy
- Teamsters, Truck Groups Want ELDs by December 2019
- James P. Hoffa, General President Recommends that Canada be Permanently Exempt from American Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
- 55-Year Teamster Honored for 5 Million Accident-Free Miles
- UPS, FedEx Ranked Most Valuable Logistics Brands Worldwide
- City workers in Newton vote to join Teamsters
- Teamsters Local Union No. 174 Swire Coca-Cola Checkers Unanimously Vote for Strike Authorization
- Durham School Bus Drivers, Monitors and Mechanics Join Teamsters Local 572
- Allegiant Air Mechanics and Related Classifications Join Teamsters
- Teamsters Celebrate Women's History Month
- Federal Agency Says Amazon-Whole Foods Supplier Breaks Labor Laws
- Teamsters Local 856 Member Saves Two Lives from Human Trafficking
- In Support of the Variety Club, Teamsters Joint Council No. 36 Donates $10,000 at the Show of Hearts Telethon.
- Variety Club Raises $5,087,572 ( for more information click here )
- Teamsters Celebrate and Remember James R. Hoffa
- Trucking Companies Ordered Most Big Rigs in 12 Years
- Teamsters First Student Chicago Ratify New Agreement
- Teamsters Work Super Bowl Parade
- After Teamster Opens Free Bike Shop, a New Friendship Emerges
- UPS Ends 2017 With Strong Results
- Teamsters Union wins $1 million settlement on behalf of drivers at YRC Freight
- Teamsters Tell Sysco Shareholders Worker Abuse Must Stop
- DANIEL THIMINEUR APPOINTED TO CIRB
- Teamsters Local 174 Members at APP Ratify Groundbreaking First Contract
- Pasadena Unified parents, students left without bus service for unknown length of time as drivers strike
- Trucking Companies Race to Add Capacity, Drivers as Market Heats Up
- Millennials accepting of unions - who should respond
- Organizing Success for Local 31 - Article Published by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Communications Department
- RoadSafetyBC - Teamsters Local 31 Tractor Trailer in Demonstrations with a Passenger Vehicle
- DON'T MISS OUT - 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR OF CONGRESS, PACIFIC REGION WINTER SCHOOL - Application deadline is Monday, November 27, 2017
- HISTORIC WHITE BALLOT ON NOMINATION NIGHT - FIRST TIME IN 81 YEARS!
- IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A TEAMSTER! LOCAL 31 ORGANIZES AND RATIFIES A FIRST AGREEMENT AT OVERLAND WEST FREIGHT LINES LTD.
- LOCAL 31 WELCOMES BEACHCOMBER HOT TUBS INC. WORKERS INTO THE TEAMSTERS UNION
- LOCAL 31 ORGANIZES IN STYLE - LIMOUSINE DRIVERS AT AEROCAR SERVICE JOIN THE TEAMSTERS
- NEWLY CERTIFIED WAREHOUSE WORKERS AT CSA TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCE SUCCESS WITH THE TEAMSTERS - LOCAL 31 WINS FIGHT OVER DIRECT ASSAULT ON EMPLOYEES' RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
Archived News Bulletins
Archived 31 News Magazines and Information
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About Us
With a membership of 7200, Local 31 is one of four Teamster locals in the Province of British Columbia. Geographically, Local 31 also covers the Yukon Territory.
More about Local 31Teamsters' National Benefits
The goal of the Teamsters' National Benefit Plan is to provide its members with the best possible health benefits which can be provided by the assets of the fund and the contributions paid to the fund by the employers.
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