To the Membership,
Well, this wasn’t unexpected. The relationship with the current HVC management has been deteriorating since the first day they stepped on the mine site, and has continued to deteriorate past the end of bargaining. Constant bullying, harassment, intimidation and overall disregard of the mental health of the all the employees that work here has led us to this spot. It could have been anything that set the powder keg off, but the underlying issue is the lack of respect for the people who work for them. It’s not like we haven’t tried. We have put tremendous effort into rebuilding the relationship, making them aware of all the issues, even launching a joint mental health survey, but when there is a complete disregard for the collective agreement, the rights of workers and the accepted attitude of management, we were not successful. Even Teck’s ivory tower got involved, but it seems they cannot control their own leadership, or they condone their actions, as nothing has changed. To the contrary, it has gotten worse. Recently, we had several health and safety incidents which were documented to be related to the mental health of the mine site, which the Company was aware of, and choose not to address. Our fear is that more employees could be injured or worse, as the relationship continues to deteriorate. Our workplace is poisonous, and continues to spiral out of control. At some point, we stopped mining, and started hurting people. As such, I have been in steady communication with USW leadership, and am working on a plan to address these and other issues. As that plan is still in the works, I’m asking individuals to continue to report any health, safety, bullying, harassment or otherwise unacceptable behavior by staff to the nearest shop steward. We cannot continue to condone the actions of management, and it’s time that they are addressed in the right forum. Please try to focus on your tasks, and watch out for each other. In solidarity, Kyle Wolff USW 7619 President Comments are closed.
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