After one day of job action coordinated with the BC Government and Service Employees' Union earlier this month, COPE Local 378 says more strike action is coming. It'll be on September 18th just for the one day. COPE local 378 president David Black says more than 15-hundred members at 55 ICBC claim centres will be striking that day. The job action … [Read more...]
DEVELOPING: BCTF blasts Bill 22; full scale walkout possible
February 28, 2012 by
The BCTF has harsh words for Bill 22. And a full scale walkout is not being ruled out. BCTF President Susan Lambert is blasting Bill 22, calling the document highly political, and the worst possible outcome. She says the union hasn't had a chance to completely look over the bill at this point. That will happen by the executive at some point … [Read more...]
Teachers to vote on full-scale walkout next week
February 25, 2012 by
The BC teachers’ union says staff are determined to solve their contract dispute before the government legislates a deal. So it plans to ask members across B.C. to vote next week on a full-scale walkout. Union president Susan Lambert says lawyers plan to go before the Labour Relations Board on Monday to find out how they can legally ramp up … [Read more...]
Walkout halts construction at Fortress mill
October 25, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Construction work on the dissolving pulp conversion and biomass cogeneration projects at the Fortress Paper Ltd. (TSX:FTP) mill in Thurso, Que., have been suspended because of a walkout by unionized employees of contractors hired for the job.Fortress Paper said in a news release that it understands the "unexpected walkout" was is a … [Read more...]
