Peter Shokeir | [email protected]
ATCO camp workers in Blue River, B.C., have voted by over 93 per cent to join UNITE HERE Local 40.
Robert Demand, Local 40 executive director and BC Building Trades executive board member, congratulated the camp workers who voted to unionize.
鈥淭he high percentage who voted yes to join our union goes to show that camp workers are ready to come together and fight to improve their job and living conditions,鈥� Demand said in a news release.
鈥淥n behalf of our camp members across B.C., I warmly welcome Blue River workers to the Union and look forward to working with them on their first contract proposal.鈥�
The union says workers at Blue River intend to begin negotiations as soon as possible, noting the rising living costs in British Columbia.
This unionization comes following the recent unionization of Valemount ATCO camp workers who voted to join Local 40 in January.
ATCO Blue River Camp, which consists of nearly 40 housekeeping and culinary staff, is the second ATCO camp to unionize on the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Blue River is about 90 kilometres south of Valemount.
