Accenture Business Services (Formerly BC Hydro) News & Events

  • Public Power Generation Idle While British Columbians Pay More for Private Energy
    Friday, May 11, 2012
    COPE 378 predicts Hydro’s financial problems will continue until real action is taken on IPPs
  • Remembering Workers Killed or Injured on the Job
    Tuesday, May 1, 2012
    On Saturday, April 28 over 100 people gathered on the New Westminster Quay boardwalk to observe the Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job.
  • Report from the ICEM Women's Committee Meeting
    Monday, February 27, 2012
    Geneva, Switzerland – Given that three formidable Global Union Federations (GUFs) will be merging (the ICEM - International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Union - the IMF - International Metalworkers' Federation - and the ITGLWF -
  • BC Government Raids Crown Corp Coffers Despite Rising Rates at BC Hydro and ICBC
    Tuesday, February 21, 2012
    Despite rising costs for B.C. ratepayers, the provincial government is continuing its practice of taking dividends from both BC Hydro and ICBC, says the union representing workers at the two Crown Corporations.
  • Hydro Union Slams “Ponzi” Scheme
    Tuesday, January 31, 2012
    Rate Submission Before Utilities Commission Means Customers Will Pay More Later
  • President Black's Statement on the Resignation of Dave Cobb, BC Hydro CEO
    Wednesday, October 19, 2011
    COPE 378 President David Black offers the following statement on Dave Cobb’s resignation as CEO of BC Hydro: This news comes as a shock to the union and our members. It adds further upheaval during a period of uncertainty.
  • COPE 378 Takes Meter Readers' Concerns to CKNW
    Monday, October 3, 2011
    On Saturday COPE 378 President David Black and Meter Reader Bob Brown appeared on Sean Leslie’s CKNW radio show to talk about the government’s forced implementation of Smart Meters. The topic has received new interest in the wake of a resolution by the Union of BC Municipalities calling for a moratorium.
  • Another Harm of Smart Meters: Nearly 400 People Will Lose Their Jobs
    Friday, September 30, 2011
    Burnaby – Mayors and Councillors at the Union of BC Municipalities voted today for a moratorium on the installation of wireless smart meters. The union representing soon-to-be-out of work meter readers says it hopes the motion will bring attention to the plight of its meter reader members.
  • COPE 378 President David Black
    Labour Day Message from President David Black
    Friday, September 2, 2011
    Labour Day marks the end of summer, and for many of our members this long weekend is one last opportunity to enjoy time with their families before children return to school and the busy fall season begins at work.
  • Thank you BC Hydro workers
    Salute to BC Hydro Workers!
    Friday, August 26, 2011
    This sunny afternoon, BC Hydro workers lined up for cake to celebrate the historic profit earned by the public utility – a profit that without the people who work there, would not have been possible.