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:: Friday, December 12, 2003 ::
Ferry strike over CBC News
The B.C. Ferries strike is over, after the company and the union agreed to send their contract dispute to binding arbitration as recommended by mediator Vince Ready.
The B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union has taken down its pickets and the workers are back on the boats.
Businesses set to sue ferry workers for damages By Neal Hall, Vancouver Sun
'It's very unfortunate that the provincial government, with the help of [BC Ferries president David] Hahn, who is from New York, set a trap for them and they've fallen in that trap,' Fryer said.
The union won't get the support of other unions unless the company decides to bring in replacement workers, he said.
Union leaders and members also could be fired for defying the law. Hahn said earlier this week that BC Ferries might bring in replacement workers if the strike continues.
Fryer said sending union leaders or rank-and-file members to jail would make them martyrs. He recalled union leaders Jean-Claude Parrot and Grace Hartman were both sent to jail during illegal strikes.------------------------------------------- posted 11:11 AM :: reference link ::
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