Bulletin
October 15: IBEW 213 reaches tentative agreements with FortisBC
October 15, 2025
To: All MoveUP Members at FortisBC and FortisBC-CSC
We are happy to inform you that on Saturday, October 11, IBEW 213 Gas and IBEW 213 Electric both reached a tentative agreement with FortisBC.
The IBEW and FortisBC will go through their final approval process and then the IBEW 213 members will then vote to ratify the agreement. Their voting process is manual and may take some time.
We understand this has been a difficult time for everyone with the uncertainty surrounding potential job action and we want to thank you all for your patience, understanding, and keeping engaged with us as we monitored the situation and prepared for the potential of third-party picketing.
We want to send a special thank you to all those who volunteered for the job action committee and to be a picket captain. Standing in solidarity with your IBEW 213 coworkers strengthened the bond between the two unions and sent a clear message to the employer we were all in this fight together.
Once the IBEW 213 members ratify their collective agreements for both Gas and Electric, respectively, MoveUP will be closing the WhatsApp group that was opened for this process. Please reach out to your job stewards any time you have questions. (click here to find your job steward)
In solidarity,
April Young, Union Representative
Paul Voykin, Union Representative
Rysa Kronebusch, Vice-President, Utilities
Norm Stickelmann, MoveUP Executive Board Member