Now that the Canadian Human Rights Commission has tossed out a complaint from a Chinese miner hired to work in Northern BC, local union leaders continue their fight to find out why jobs at the new mine in Tumbler Ridge were not offered to Canadians.
“Maybe they should file a complaint on the federal and provincial government.”
Steve Hunt with the United Steelworkers Union says federal court orders to release documents used to hire more than 200 temporary foreign workers have been resisted by HD Mining, but the Federal and BC governments are not blameless.
“We’ve got a complaint in with the Ministry of Mines over their assertion you can train people with 100 words of English and we’ve got complaints in on the assistant deputy ministers of mining –three or four of them now– that have left after the approval process for this mine and went to work for the mining company or to other associations that promote this type of mining.”
A judicial review is scheduled for April.
The Human Rights Complaint filed by one of 17 workers hired last year has been dismissed because there’s no evidence the unions have encouraged racism against the Chinese miners.
Officials with HD mining are not available for comment, but they have released a statement confirming they’re aware the complaint has been dismissed.
They’re also saying no decision has been made yet on what, if any, further steps will be taken by the complainant at this time.
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