“Stoking anger, fear, and frustration”: Union files Labour Relations Board complaint against BC Ferries
The union representing BC Ferries staff is seeking damages, after it alleges its employer “undermined the bargaining process” and created a hostile environment within the union.
Eric McNeely, president of BC Ferries Marine Workers Union, says the union is seeking $2.1 million in damages. He says the union’s largest grievance is with how BC Ferries bargained behind its back, and then accused it of failing to approve a proposal that the union itself put forward.
“For over a year, the employer bargained directly with a faction of the union’s members and without the union’s awareness,” the union’s official complaint to the Labour Relations Board states.
