Beatrice Bruske was born on January 22,1969 and is a Canadian labour leader and the current president of the Canadian Labour Congress, an organization that advocates on behalf of three million working people across Canada.
13 Facts About Bea Bruske
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Bea Bruske is only the second woman to hold the position; the first was Shirley Carr.
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In 2022 Bea Bruske was named to Maclean's "Power List", the magazine's ranking of the country's 50 most powerful people in Canada.
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Bea Bruske is active in national and the international labour movement and participated in the G7's Labour7 which fights for the rights and interests of working people.
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Bea Bruske's family left West Berlin, Germany, in 1981, because her father was offered an engineering job with Teshmont Consultants in Manitoba.
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In 1987, Westfair staff across Manitoba went on strike for 125 days, giving Bea Bruske her start in Canada's labour movement.
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Bea Bruske went on to become a member of the health and safety committee for Local 832 and subsequently was elected to be vice-president of the local's executive board.
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Bea Bruske served as the local's secretary-treasurer, where she was responsible for administering the largest private-sector union local in Manitoba.
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Bea Bruske was elected vice-president of the UFCW Canada National Council, where she helped set the strategic direction for the national union.
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Bea Bruske ran as the candidate in Fort Whyte for the Manitoba NDP in the 2019 provincial election.
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Bea Bruske earned 17.9 per cent of the vote, coming in second to sitting Premier Brian Pallister.
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Bea Bruske served as a member of the Executive of the Manitoba NDP.
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Bea Bruske is a graduate of the University of Manitoba's labour studies program.