Gavin McGarrigle
@gavinmcgarrigle.bsky.social
Unifor Western Regional Director www.gavinmcgarrigle.ca
Canada has positive choices to make about how we grow the safety and security of our energy infrastructure:
“Reducing methane emissions through leak detection and repair is a jobs and climate winner,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne, welcoming the focus on emissions reductions as part of the Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding. www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
Unifor comment on Canada-Alberta emissions agreement
Unifor cautiously welcomes the focus on reducing methane emissions as part of the Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding.
www.unifor.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Canada has positive choices to make about how we grow the safety and security of our energy infrastructure:
Tomorrow's good jobs require strong education and training. Unifor welcomes the commitment to double B.C.’s support for trades training to ensure that our economy remains diverse and responsive to future transitions.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Delivering prosperity, good jobs for B.C., Canada
B.C.’s Look West plan to strengthen economic security in the face of threats
news.gov.bc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Tomorrow's good jobs require strong education and training. Unifor welcomes the commitment to double B.C.’s support for trades training to ensure that our economy remains diverse and responsive to future transitions.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Workers' voices at the BC-Federal Forestry Summit youtu.be/A93YukqHxJE?... #canlab #cdnpoli #ProtectCanadianJobs
Workers' voices at the BC-Federal Forestry Summit
YouTube video by Gavin McGarrigle
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November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Workers' voices at the BC-Federal Forestry Summit youtu.be/A93YukqHxJE?... #canlab #cdnpoli #ProtectCanadianJobs
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50,000 jobs in BC.
200,000 across Canada.
Forestry isn't just about trees — it's about people and place.
Families and communities who depend on this work.
Everyone in this fight must understand that.
This is a fight for livelihoods.
#ForestryBC #bcpoli #cdnpoli
200,000 across Canada.
Forestry isn't just about trees — it's about people and place.
Families and communities who depend on this work.
Everyone in this fight must understand that.
This is a fight for livelihoods.
#ForestryBC #bcpoli #cdnpoli
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
50,000 jobs in BC.
200,000 across Canada.
Forestry isn't just about trees — it's about people and place.
Families and communities who depend on this work.
Everyone in this fight must understand that.
This is a fight for livelihoods.
#ForestryBC #bcpoli #cdnpoli
200,000 across Canada.
Forestry isn't just about trees — it's about people and place.
Families and communities who depend on this work.
Everyone in this fight must understand that.
This is a fight for livelihoods.
#ForestryBC #bcpoli #cdnpoli
Thank you everyone for attending @unifor.org BC Regional Council. My full report to the BC Council is available here. Let’s get to work! Solidarity! #canlab #bcpoli
Western Director - Report to Unifor BC Regional Council 2025
YouTube video by Gavin McGarrigle
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Thank you everyone for attending @unifor.org BC Regional Council. My full report to the BC Council is available here. Let’s get to work! Solidarity! #canlab #bcpoli
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Thanks to the delegates from across B.C. who participated in this weekend's regional council. You can review all the action in the online albums:
Day 1: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Day 2: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Day 3: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
Day 1: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Day 2: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Day 3: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thanks to the delegates from across B.C. who participated in this weekend's regional council. You can review all the action in the online albums:
Day 1: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Day 2: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Day 3: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
Day 1: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Day 2: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Day 3: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
It was a busy Day 2 of the B.C. Regional council, with transit, mental health, organizing, health & safety, media, and mobilizing for change all on the agenda. Check out the photo album here:
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It was a busy Day 2 of the B.C. Regional council, with transit, mental health, organizing, health & safety, media, and mobilizing for change all on the agenda. Check out the photo album here:
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
Thanks to B.C. Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside for making the trip to Harrison this weekend to share an update on the govt's efforts to protect B.C. jobs from the tariff attacks. But the crisis is getting worse and Unifor will continue to work with the Eby govt to do more.
October 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thanks to B.C. Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside for making the trip to Harrison this weekend to share an update on the govt's efforts to protect B.C. jobs from the tariff attacks. But the crisis is getting worse and Unifor will continue to work with the Eby govt to do more.
Check out the Day 1 photo album from the B.C. Regional Council:
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
October 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Check out the Day 1 photo album from the B.C. Regional Council:
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
I'm in Harrison this week with 200+ Unifor activists for the B.C. Regional Council to share experiences and strategize about how we can defend every job, organize every shop, and raise every standard.
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm in Harrison this week with 200+ Unifor activists for the B.C. Regional Council to share experiences and strategize about how we can defend every job, organize every shop, and raise every standard.
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Unifor Western Regional Director @gavinmcgarrigle.bsky.social gave Media Council delegates updates on strikes/victories, Unifor's role in political change across Canada, & celebrated the rise of worker-owned news outlets—"when journalists and communities take their future into their own hands."
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Unifor Western Regional Director @gavinmcgarrigle.bsky.social gave Media Council delegates updates on strikes/victories, Unifor's role in political change across Canada, & celebrated the rise of worker-owned news outlets—"when journalists and communities take their future into their own hands."
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Unifor members negotiating their first collective agreement with Amazon met with B.C. Premier David Eby and Minister of Labour Jennifer Whiteside at the Unifor offices for a meet and greet on October 16.
Check out the photos: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
Check out the photos: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Unifor members negotiating their first collective agreement with Amazon met with B.C. Premier David Eby and Minister of Labour Jennifer Whiteside at the Unifor offices for a meet and greet on October 16.
Check out the photos: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
Check out the photos: www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
Reposted by Gavin McGarrigle
B.C. Premier David Eby and labour minister Jennifer Whiteside met with courageous workers from the Amazon YVR2 facility at the Unifor offices in New Westminster today.
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
B.C. Premier David Eby and labour minister Jennifer Whiteside met with courageous workers from the Amazon YVR2 facility at the Unifor offices in New Westminster today.
Protect Canadian Jobs - Forestry Press Conference with Premier David Eby youtu.be/wHMZQa-La54?... #cdnpoli #bcpoli #canlab
Protect Canadian Jobs - Forestry Press Conference with Premier David Eby
YouTube video by Gavin McGarrigle
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Protect Canadian Jobs - Forestry Press Conference with Premier David Eby youtu.be/wHMZQa-La54?... #cdnpoli #bcpoli #canlab
Yesterday I was proud to join Unifor members in the forestry industry and Premier Eby to amplify the call for the federal government to stand up for forestry jobs in the face of unfair tariffs. Watch a recording of the event:
www.youtube.com/live/-6Yhc7O...
www.youtube.com/live/-6Yhc7O...
Media Availability with Premier David Eby
YouTube video by GovernmentofBC
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October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yesterday I was proud to join Unifor members in the forestry industry and Premier Eby to amplify the call for the federal government to stand up for forestry jobs in the face of unfair tariffs. Watch a recording of the event:
www.youtube.com/live/-6Yhc7O...
www.youtube.com/live/-6Yhc7O...
Reposted by Gavin McGarrigle
At a media conference with Premier David Eby about protecting the forestry industry during trade talks, Western Region Director Gavin insisted “We can’t afford to pit one kind of worker against another. It has to be Forestry AND auto. Canola AND energy. Aerospace AND seafood producers.”
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
At a media conference with Premier David Eby about protecting the forestry industry during trade talks, Western Region Director Gavin insisted “We can’t afford to pit one kind of worker against another. It has to be Forestry AND auto. Canola AND energy. Aerospace AND seafood producers.”
We had valuable discussions this week in Calgary about strengthening unions at the local level and building the fightback against Danielle Smith's backwards vision for public education:
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October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We had valuable discussions this week in Calgary about strengthening unions at the local level and building the fightback against Danielle Smith's backwards vision for public education:
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
It was a pleasure to meet with progressive activists this weekend at the Sask NDP convention. I heard many energetic discussions about building the movement that will replace the tired, out-of-touch Scott Moe govt
October 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It was a pleasure to meet with progressive activists this weekend at the Sask NDP convention. I heard many energetic discussions about building the movement that will replace the tired, out-of-touch Scott Moe govt
Unifor stands with Alberta teachers unifor.org/news/all-news/… Premier Smith has proven that she does not believe in a thriving public education system. She’s opposed to a universal system just like health care and wants families to buy their way into a for-profit system#abpolili
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October 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Unifor stands with Alberta teachers unifor.org/news/all-news/… Premier Smith has proven that she does not believe in a thriving public education system. She’s opposed to a universal system just like health care and wants families to buy their way into a for-profit system#abpolili
My daughter’s newest single ‘Siren’ is now out - this might be my favourite, one of them anyway! Have a listen, please download and share and spread the word about this amazing talent! youtu.be/8wk_4izxiwQ?... #bcmusic
Bryna Maeve - Siren (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Bryna Maeve
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September 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My daughter’s newest single ‘Siren’ is now out - this might be my favourite, one of them anyway! Have a listen, please download and share and spread the word about this amazing talent! youtu.be/8wk_4izxiwQ?... #bcmusic
Last week Unifor met with new members at the Amazon fulfilment centre YVR2 in Delta B.C.
It was an important opportunity to discuss the bargaining process and the issues that matter to workers at Amazon.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
It was an important opportunity to discuss the bargaining process and the issues that matter to workers at Amazon.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
Onsite meetings at Amazon YVR2
Onsite meetings at Amazon YVR2
www.unifor.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Last week Unifor met with new members at the Amazon fulfilment centre YVR2 in Delta B.C.
It was an important opportunity to discuss the bargaining process and the issues that matter to workers at Amazon.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
It was an important opportunity to discuss the bargaining process and the issues that matter to workers at Amazon.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
There is urgency needed to respond to the protectionist approach from the U.S. govt. The expanded BC Timber Sales vision will support people on front line, in communities throughout the province, supporting local workers. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Expanded BC Timber Sales mandate builds stronger forestry sector
The Province is expanding and strengthening the role of BC Timber Sales (BCTS), to ensure B.C.’s forests continue to support good forestry jobs and healthy resilient forests for future generations.
news.gov.bc.ca
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There is urgency needed to respond to the protectionist approach from the U.S. govt. The expanded BC Timber Sales vision will support people on front line, in communities throughout the province, supporting local workers. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Reposted by Gavin McGarrigle
This week Unifor kicked off a series of on-site meetings with the new members at Amazon to review the collective bargaining process and discuss the issues that matter to workers at the fulfilment centre in Delta B.C.
September 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This week Unifor kicked off a series of on-site meetings with the new members at Amazon to review the collective bargaining process and discuss the issues that matter to workers at the fulfilment centre in Delta B.C.
Unifor Local 3000 members at the Sheraton Guildford have been on strike since July 5 fighting for fairness against a greedy employer who doesn't respect hospitality workers. Watch the coverage of Friday's rally, where fellow Unifor members showed their support: www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
Rally for Sheraton Guildford workers
Unifor Local 3000 members have been on strike since July 5 fighting for a fair contract.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Unifor Local 3000 members at the Sheraton Guildford have been on strike since July 5 fighting for fairness against a greedy employer who doesn't respect hospitality workers. Watch the coverage of Friday's rally, where fellow Unifor members showed their support: www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
During Friday's rally for striking Local 3000 members at the Sheraton Guildford, we delivered a clear message to the greedy owners at Pacific Reach: get back to the bargaining table and treat hospitality workers with respect! View the full album:
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September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
During Friday's rally for striking Local 3000 members at the Sheraton Guildford, we delivered a clear message to the greedy owners at Pacific Reach: get back to the bargaining table and treat hospitality workers with respect! View the full album:
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...
www.facebook.com/media/set?va...