Union workers at Mount Polley Mine will meet with the president of the BC Federation of Labour and the union’s executive on the picket line as they enter the fourth week of their legal strike.
BCFL president Irene Lanzinger will be there, the union noted on its website.
On May 23, after the company locked out the union for three and a half hours beginning at 3 a.m.. the union responded with legal strike action later that day.
Mount Polley Mine general manager Dale Reimer said at the time the lockout was an attempt to speed up collective bargaining because the existing agreement expired at the end of December 2017.
Prior to the lockout, the union had voted 96 per cent in favour of a strike should it be required, but chose not to strike, the union executive noted in a letter to its members last week.
“We would like our members to know that we are pursuing all avenues available to find a path to negotiating a fair collective agreement,” the letter stated, noting they met Friday, June 8 to discuss ways to move forward and support the membership.
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