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Steelworkers Win Right to Represent Wolverine Mine Workers

By 250 News

Thursday, March 24, 2011 03:18 PM

Union reps celebrate after  voting completed at Wolverine Mine
 
Tumbler Ridge, B.C.- The United Steelworkers, local 1-424, is now the union representing 320 hourly paid workers at the Western Coal Wolverine mine in Tumbler Ridge.
 
Workers voted more than 60% in favour of parting ways with their former union, the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) Local 68, and joining the United Steelworkers.
The final vote had 176 in favour of the move, 106 against.
 
The United Steelworkers had been contacted by workers who indicated they were not happy with the representation by CLAC. The Steelworkers started an organizing campaign in January.
 
The current contract for the hourly workers expires this July.

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Comments

Comment Posted by: Dragonmaster on March 24 2011 5:22 PM
Good job people!
CLAC isn't a union, they are there for the company. Do some research on them to see what they are really about. More needs to be done to get rid of CLAC.
Comment Posted by: mackbc on March 24 2011 7:06 PM
My hat is off to the organizer who ran this campain tuff job and always good to get rid of the clac
Comment Posted by: detoe43 on March 24 2011 7:22 PM
CLAC must be a horrible union to make someone go to the Steelworkers. Good luck
in your future of non-representation from
1-424, just ask the former Winton Global
workers how being in that union is working out.
Comment Posted by: Loki on March 24 2011 7:30 PM
Do you mean the ones that collective bargained themselves out of a job?

ok, go!
Comment Posted by: furtree on March 24 2011 7:44 PM
If your going to have a union, your better off to have a real union as opposed to a pretend union. Good choice by the Wolverine mine crew.
Comment Posted by: onemansthoughts on March 25 2011 7:36 AM
This collective bargening will eventually close down the wolverine mine> Same reason there are no sawmills out west.Out of them 5 workers in the picture up top, One is wearing work boots. Oh and there also in good pysical shape.
Comment Posted by: NoSeverance on March 25 2011 10:44 AM
Maybe they could represent the people that had their mills closed down and get them some damn severance!