A local union leader has vowed that a barricade will remain up at the Compass Minerals salt mine in Goderich, Ont., until contract negotiations resume.
“Nobody is coming through until we get back to the table as far as I can see,” said Gary Lynch, president of Unifor Local 16-0. “Unless they bring a tank down here, I ain’t going anywhere,”
More than 350 unionized workers at the mine have been on strike for about 10 weeks.
The picket line turned into a barricade Wednesday night, because the striking workers said they were frustrated by a lack of progress with management.
“They’re going by in their vehicles laughing at us because they have a contingency of workers doing our work. There’s no reason to get back to the table,” said Lynch.
1.) Its about Canada. Nobody pays attention to Canada, even the Canadian media doesn’t devote that much coverage to issues like this.
2.) This is a labour rights issue. Something that the corporate mainstream media is reluctant to cover in any detail.
Which is why Social Media is so important. Also Canadians are very helpful with getting things in the States to a wider audience, its up to us to return the favor.
Thanks for the support. 🙂
If anything running this blog has taught me, its that widely Canadian issues are ignored even if relatively popular blogs like this one regularly post about them.
Here’s hoping stories like this one and others get some more exposure.
Are there any resources like funds that can be donated to?
I haven’t seen anything yet, but if you want to keep up to date on this strike, follow these twitter accounts:
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