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8-month Vancouver Island forestry strike finally ends as union ratifies agreementUnited 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
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Tentative deal reached in lengthy B.C. forestry strikeAbout 3,000 employees and contractors at Western Forest Products facilities in several Vancouver Island communities have been off the job since July 1.Feb 10, 2020
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2 days after walking away, mediators Vince Ready, Amanda Rogers hired back to B.C. forestry strikeB.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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Mediators pull out of talks in bitter, 8-month Vancouver Island forestry strikeWFP says the mediators announced the decision in a letter Tuesday, "as they see no basis for a negotiated settlement at this time."Feb 4, 2020
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Talks in bitter B.C. forestry strike could resume Sunday, says unionWestern Forest Products workers with United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 have been on strike since July 1.Jan 31, 2020
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B.C. puts up $5M for forestry strike, but critics not impressedThe B.C. government is getting a cool reception to a $5-million loan package being offered to contractors impacted by a seven-month forestry strike on Vancouver Island.CanadaJan 17, 2020
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B.C. labour minister now involved in island forestry strike talks, but Liberals say more neededB.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
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‘It’s getting desperate’: Mayor calls on B.C. government to end island forestry strikeLabour 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.CanadaDec 20, 2019
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‘It’s overwhelming’: Families face cold Christmas as B.C. logging strike talks break down againVolunteers 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
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