Ready to work?
We’ve got your back.
With LiUNA Local 1611, You’re building a true career for a better quality of life and a brighter future. We work for you; securing higher wages, industry leading benefits, safer worksites, and a real pension plan that will be there when you retire.
We’re always recruiting for various positions at major infrastructure projects and local workplaces across British Columbia.
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The LiUNA Difference
Training for a career
How our Union works
Unions like LiUNA Local 1611 are comprised of individuals who come together to provide a better future for its membership. We serve the needs of our members by focusing on the things you care about like negotiating decent wages, industry training, job security, workplace safety, and competitive pension plans.
Strength & Solidarity
7,900 + members strong, LiUNA Local 1611 has represented workers in BC for over 80 years.
Representation and a voice
Our members have a voice in the conditions they work under.
Equality and equal pay
Women with unions earned $6.91/hour more* than women without unions.
Better wages
On average, unionized workers earned $5.12/hour more* than non-union employees.
Better Benefits
Life insurance, drug coverage and extended healthcare; dental benefits; and competitive pension plans.
*Statistics Canada
What our Union doesn’t do:
Compromise on health & safety
Compromise on our advocacy efforts to ensure worker’s rights are protected
Compromise on the quality of our training courses
Compromise on efforts to represent our members
Compromise on community outreach
Where we work
- Construction (both commercial and industrial)
- Maintenance and Shutdown Work
- Road Building
- Pipeline
- Paving
- Underground Utilities
- Drilling and Blasting (both surface and underground)
- Slope Stabilization
- Demolition and Shoring
- Industrial Plants
- Dock and Shipyard
- Health Care
- Security
- Parking Lot
- Cemeteries, Crematoriums and Funeral Homes
- Manufacturing and Production
- Janitorial
- Traffic Control
Building careers for our members
Being a member of Local 1611 provides you access to training courses that help you advance your skills and further your career.
If you’re looking for more than work.
We’ve got your back.
We are always looking to grow our diverse membership of Brothers and Sisters with skilled individuals who are looking to build a better British Columbia. We are currently recruiting on a project-by-project basis based on each project’s specific requirements. When you apply, please include the following information:
- First & last name
- Telephone number
- Address & proof of address if you have an area code outside of BC
- Resume listing all prior construction experience
- 1-2 references, preferably a Foreperson or Supervisor from your resume
- Photo(s) of current tickets
Note: Qualified applicants may be contacted over the next several months. Unqualified candidates will not be contacted.
I understand and agree that in submitting my resume and continuing to engage with the Union that I am consenting to the use of my information for purposes reasonably connected with the provision of such information including, but not limited to, the Union providing my resume to signatory employers for the purpose of seeking employment.