VANCOUVER – Temporary foreign workers who helped build the Canada Line have finally received payment — almost five years after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ruled they were discriminated against by their Canadian employer.
In 2008, the BCHRT awarded $2.4 million to a group of about 40 Latin American workers after determining they were paid less than their European counterparts hired by SNC Lavalin and SELI Canada to complete the Canada Line.
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But the intervening years have seen the award disputed through “extended legal action initiated by the employers, followed by negotiations to reach a settlement rather than go to court,” said a release Tuesday from the unions representing the workers.
According to the release, workers in Costa Rica have now received their cheques. The unions say details of the settlement and video of workers receiving their payment in Costa Rica will be available at a press conference Wednesday.
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