British Columbia Federation of Labour

The British Columbia Federation of Labour (BCFED), often shortened to the BC Federation of Labour, is a central organization for organized labour in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1910^[1] and has 500,000 members.^[2]

British Columbia Federation of Labour

Abbreviation	BCFED BCFL
Formation	1910 (1910)
Type	Trade union centre
Headquarters	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Membership	500,000 (2024)
President	Sussanne Skidmore
Secretary-treasurer	Hermender Singh Kailley
Parent organization	Canadian Labour Congress
Website	bcfed.ca

History

The BCFED was formed in 1910. In 1917, the BCFED adopted a resolution opposing Canada's recently passed Military Service Act, which mandated conscription for military age men.^[3]

The BCFED published a newspaper, The B.C. Federationist. The newspaper had a circulation of 40,000 workers throughout Western Canada and has been characterized as a revolutionary trade unionist publication. The paper was used to distribute socialist messaging, including "Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder by Vladimir Lenin.^[3]