March 29, 2024

Rocky Mountaineer labour dispute drags on

With no end in sight to the lock out of unionized workers the Rocky Mountaineer tourist train is forging ahead with a new route.  Ian Robertson speaking for Rocky Mountaineer was asked if there is way to end the labour dispute.   "I am not a labour expert and I don't know what the next steps are I mean for us as an organization we are … [Read more...]

Sinclair calls for greater focus on Rocky Mountaineer situation

The president of the B.C. Federation of Labour says the actions of the Rocky Mountaineer board are brutal as a dispute with striking workers turns nasty.Jim Sinclair says the company has cut down trees with strike signs on them and then tore down a taxi stand set up outside the picket lines. "It is unbelievable really what is going on. I noticed … [Read more...]

Rocky waters for historic ship

A piece of Canadian Arctic history is in danger of rotting away. The leaky facility housing the first vessel to circumnavigate North America is not providing the proper environmental conditions for preserving it, says Simon Robinson, executive director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum. He said a funding reallocation awaiting city-council approval … [Read more...]

B.C. teachers talks off to a rocky start

VANCOUVER - Talks to avert a teachers' strike were off to a bumpy start Tuesday when the head of the union declared only a few hours in that negotiations weren't going well.The talks resumed after a summer break Tuesday afternoon, but Susan Lambert, president of the B.C. Teachers Federation, said she was quickly disappointed with the direction."At … [Read more...]