Inside Sales Rep job posting

Praxair, a Teamsters Local 213 signatory company, is looking for a full-time sales rep for its Cranbrook location.

Local 213 dental techs stand firm

By Marco Procaccini Dental technicians and support staff are not likely the first group of workers that come to mind when thinking about Teamster members. The Local 213 members at Fine Arts Dental Lab in East Vancouver are doing their best to hold onto their jobs in a rapidly changing industry with a not-so promising … Read More

Driving success and solidarity

By Marco Procaccini Gene Sloan has a message for workers who think they can be successful by being timid and doing whatever you’re told. The first 50-year Teamsters Local 213 member, who retired at 68 last fall, has driven almost every type of road vehicle. “I was going to retire at 65; but then I … Read More

Teamsters at car dealerships

Some of the 20 Teamsters working as technicians, parts people, and service advisors at Go Auto Dodge in Surrey have been with the company for 28 years. Shop Steward Brian Devison began his career as a general mechanic in 1987 “working on nice little cars with carburetors.” The job title changed to technician a couple of … Read More

Sun-Rype’s James Mathers retires

Business Agent Kimm Davis congratulates long-time Teamsters Local 213 member James Mathers. “I made it 36 years because I had the respect of the company and co-workers and a union job that allowed me to live in Kelowna and give my family a better quality of life,” said Mathers.

Teamsters and Variety

Thanks to all the volunteers from Teamsters Local 213 who assisted at the 50th anniversary of the Variety Club Telethon in February at the hard Rock Casino in Coquitlam. Together they raised raised $6.8 million which will go to helping children in need.  

Watch out for driverless trucks

“Of course it’s devastating to the economy; especially in smaller communities.” Driverless trucks. No, it’s not futurism or science fiction. It’s new technology being tested right now in the tar sands in northern Alberta and Teamsters Local 213 members are being urged to get ready for more turbulent times. Tony Santavenere, Local 213’s construction division … Read More