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Rally planned as union looks at potential job loss in face of laundry privatization

KAMLOOPS – About 150 to 175 workers who could potentially lose their jobs if Interior Health follows through on contracting out laundry services to private companies will be rallying alongside other union members next week. The protest, set to take place in Kamloops on March 31, is one of the ways Barbara Nederpel and the...

New Kamloops Labour Council president has her eye on the future

KAMLOOPS - Barbara Nederpel is the new president of the Kamloops and District Labour Council after being acclaimed this week. First vice president Nederpal was acclaimed Jan. 6 after former president Peter Kerek stepped aside earlier this week. Kerek ran for a city council seat in November but ultimately lost. Nederpel says she plans to...