Logging Strike

• 8-month Vancouver Island forestry strike finally ends as union ratifies agreement

  United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 announced Saturday that its members had ratified the tentative, five-year agreement by 81.9 per cent over two days of voting this week.

  Feb 15, 2020
  
• 2 days after walking away, mediators Vince Ready, Amanda Rogers hired back to B.C. forestry strike

  B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains says the pair will have "additional powers" to recommend a settlement in the eight-month dispute.

  Feb 6, 2020
  
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• B.C. labour minister pledges decision on stalled forestry strike talks ‘within 24 hours’

  A pair of the province's most respected mediators pulled out of negotiations in the eight-month strike on Tuesday.

  Feb 5, 2020
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• B.C. labour minister now involved in island forestry strike talks, but Liberals say more needed

  B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains has asked the mediators tasked with finding an end to the six-month forestry strike on Vancouver Island to report to him.

  Dec 22, 2019
• ‘It’s getting desperate’: Mayor calls on B.C. government to end island forestry strike

  Labour Minister Harry Bains has since met with both sides in the dispute, but is still expressing his hope that a deal can be reached through collective bargaining.

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  Dec 20, 2019
• ‘It’s overwhelming’: Families face cold Christmas as B.C. logging strike talks break down again

  Volunteers are working overtime to try and make sure it's not a cold and gloomy Christmas for the families of striking forestry workers on Vancouver Island.

  Dec 18, 2019
• Striking Vancouver Island forestry workers, Western Forest Products return to bargaining table

  The strike has dragged on since July 1, and some families affected by the dispute have been reduced to feeding themselves with gift cards.

  Dec 10, 2019