B.C. labour calls for Winter Olympic deal, but government favours competition Dirk Meissner, Canadian Press
The B.C. Federation of Labour, flanked by the building trades unions, said Tuesday that British Columbia has the opportunity to host a successful games in 2010 if business and labour can learn to work together.
Cost overruns, construction delays and labour problems, issues that have plagued many past Olympic venues, can all be wiped out in if business and labour negotiate a pre-games agreement, federation president Jim Sinclair told a news conference.