IWW Vancouver Strike Support Committee Report - March 23, 2006

Current Lower Mainland Disputes

1. 39 members of  USWA Local 1-3567 struck Chasyn Canadian Forest Products' Maple Ridge sawmill on October 17, 2005. The company provoked the strike with ludicrous demands, first for an open shop, and then a $2 an hour wage rollback, and other concessions. The workers had recently voted to be represented by the Steelworkers rather than the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC).

The local is putting economic pressure on the company through arbitrations and Labour Board hearings, but meanwhile support for the people on the picket line is needed. People can drop by and show solidarity with the strikers at 23347 McKay Avenue in Maple Ridge. They are on the line Monday to Saturday, from 7 AM to 9 PM.

IWW Vancouver Strike Support Committee Report - January 28, 2006

Current Lower Mainland Disputes

1. 100 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1518 have been on strike at the Super Valu/Extra Foods store at the Park Royal Mall in West Vancouver since January 13, after Extra Foods/Westfair persisted in demanding concessions during negotiations for a new collective agreement.

Picket support is needed, especially since at least 26 Westfair security goons showed up on the picket line late at night on January 25-26, and union members were
assaulted.

Further information can be found at http://www.ufcw1518.com/view.php?id=1483
or by phoning the local at 604-434-3101.


2. The 600 members of UFCW Local 1518 who work at various Shoppers Drug Mart locations in B.C. Shoppers Drug Mart voted in September to reject a mediator's proposal for a new collective agreement, and so due to company intransigence, they are still seeking one.

The members continue to ask that people shop only at their unionized stores. A complete list of these unionized stores, that can be printed out and posted, is available at