One of the unions that has been pushing for Canadians to be given first crack at work at a coal mine in Tumbler Ridge hasn’t received an open letter that’s addressed to it.
That from spokesperson, Brian Cochrane.
A letter from HD Mining says the company is willing to talk with the two unions that have taken it to Court.
But, HD says it must be allowed to use 201 temporary foreign workers to finish two years of work that will determine whether the mine is viable.
It says HD would commit to consulting with the unions before making anymore applications to use temporary foreign workers, “If it’s a conditional requirement to have a discussion around future temporary foreign workers is based on the fact that, let’s turn a blind eye to this particular group, the answer is probably gonna be no.”
Cochrane says having the 200 temporary foreign workers do the work, wouldn’t be doing any justice to the Canadians who applied for it.
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