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B.C. FERRY WORKERS have resumed their strike at noon today, Wed. Dec. 10, and HEU’s Provincial Executive along with dozens of union activists and staff were on hand at the Horseshoe Bay terminal walking the picket line to show their solidarity.

For HEU members in the Lower Mainland, the Vancouver and District labour Council is organizing a support picket for 7 p.m. tonight, Dec. 10, at the Horseshoe Bay terminal in West Vancouver.

Go to http://www.bcfmwu.com/pdf/BCFMWU_Strike_Leaflet.pdf for a copy of the ferry workers’ strike leaflet.

HEU secretary-business manager Chris Allnutt condemned the Campbell government for its confrontational approach to ferry bargaining, which he said was the root cause of the dispute. And he blamed the Liberal’s Ferry Corp. for the breakdown in essential service sailings in the past 48 hours.

He said the struggle of ferry workers against big wage rollbacks and contracting out demanded by the Campbell government is the same fight that HEU members are engaged in to protect jobs and quality services in health care.

We’ll provide regular updates on the HEU website, http://www.heu.org. But for up-to-date information check out the websites of the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union http://www.bcfmwu.com/ or the B.C. Federation of Labour http://www.bcfed.com/

You can show your support for ferry workers by joining their picket lines at any B.C. Ferry terminal. Six main picket sites where support is essential are:

B.C. Ferry corp. Headquarters
1128 Fort St. Victoria

Departure Bay terminal,
Nanaimo

Duke Point terminal,
Nanaimo

Horseshoe Bay terminal,
West Vancouver

Swartz Bay terminal,
Victoria

Tsawwassen terminal,
Tsawwassen