Vancouver
By Renee Bernard and Emma Crawford
Posted October 15, 2023 8:00 pm.
Last Updated October 16, 2023 12:43 am.
The union representing 900 elevator maintenance workers across B.C. says its members could be locked out of their job sites as of Tuesday.
The International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 82 claims it has been served lock-out notices by four employers, and that this has the potential to impact tens of thousands of buildings and construction sites around the province.
“Our Union is facing concession demands from four giant multinational elevator corporations who have made $7.7 billion in profits in 2021, and our hard-working members are not going to accept anything less than a fair and reasonable contract,” said Mike Funk, the union’s business manager.
“Business is booming for Otis, Schindler, KONE, and TK Elevator (formerly Thyssenkrupp), and workers who have helped them be so successful deserve a share of the results, not concessions.”
The union says mediated negotiations broke off Thursday after the employers tabled a wage offer significantly less than the union has bargained in other jurisdictions.
The union itself has served a 72-hour strike notice.
Funk says the strike will not affect the maintenance of elevators at hospitals and long-term care homes.
A big storm is hitting southern B.C., bringing heavy rain to many parts of the province Monday.
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Vancouver police say they’re “reviewing the circumstances” after a VPD cruiser driving the wrong way almost hit an oncoming car downtown.
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Shocking video is being shared online, showing a man narrowly avoid being hit by a cement truck on the Port Mann Bridge.
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The City of Coquitlam says the construction site where a shoring retention wall collapsed last week has now been “stabilized.”
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A big storm is hitting southern B.C., bringing heavy rain to many parts of the province Monday.
updated
1h ago
Vancouver police say they’re “reviewing the circumstances” after a VPD cruiser driving the wrong way almost hit an oncoming car downtown.
3h ago
Shocking video is being shared online, showing a man narrowly avoid being hit by a cement truck on the Port Mann Bridge.
5h ago
The City of Coquitlam says the construction site where a shoring retention wall collapsed last week has now been “stabilized.”
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Video footage from November 29 shows a cement truck narrowly missing a man who was walking on the Port Mann Bridge between Surrey and Coquitlam.
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Environment Canada is warning rising water levels are expected as an atmospheric river is forecast to hit southern B.C. on Monday. Angela Bower reports this atmospheric river is expected to be weaker than the storm that caused flooding in 2021.
The annual ‘Help-Portrait’ event at Union Gospel Mission, which began in 2011, helps families in the Downtown Eastside capture special moments over the holidays. Angela Bower reports.
Many Palestinians already displaced by the war in Gaza are under orders to move again. Caryn Ceolin with why the latest evacuation orders come with no guarantee for safety, as Israel appears to turn its focus to the enclave’s packed south.
Donald Trump told his supporters to “guard the vote” in 2024. Caryn Ceolin with where the former president is calling for scrutiny as he repeats his persistent false claims of election fraud.
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