Cable ferries in B.C. Kootenays sailing on schedule despite escalating strike threat
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VICTORIA — Cable ferries serving tiny communities in British Columbia’s Kootenay region are providing regular scheduled service today despite the threat of an escalating strike that could cut sailings.
The B.C. General Employees’ Union, representing ferry workers who have been on strike since Nov. 3, and employer Western Pacific Marine both say service on Kootenay Lake to the communities of Harrop, Procter and Glade is operating without service disruption.
Western Pacific Marine general manager Odai Sirri says the company and union met Thursday and discussions are ongoing, with company officials reaching out to the communities today to prepare logistics in the event of service reductions.
Union spokesman Aaron Donovan says the union has yet to issue the required 24-hour notice of its plan to reduce service following a recent B.C. Labour Board ruling permitting escalation of the strike.
